A TAP Air Portugal

A TAP Air Portugal Airbus A319 was seriously damaged after entering a thunderstorm on Aug. 4, shortly after takeoff from Milan Malpensa airport. Ice blocks cracked the cockpit windscreen and damaged the weather radar's radome, prompting an emergency return. No one was injured.

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