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Originally Posted by motion
Wow, expensive hail storm.
Begs the question: Why don't planes get more hail damage? Hail storms are fairly common.
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I've lost track of how many airplanes we repaired due to hail damage over the course of my career. A lot of it happens when they are on the ground when the storm moves in. I've seen entire upper fuselages that looked like golf balls, and every fiberglass or other composite panel on the tops of the wings and empennage destroyed. Just not very news worthy, so the public doesn't hear about it. In-flight damage is more rare, but certainly not uncommon, but it's rarely this dramatic and news worthy, either.