Europa A332 at Buenos Aires on Sep 9th 2014, hail strike

An Air Europa Airbus A330-200, registration EC-JPF performing flight UX-41 (dep Sep 8th) from Madrid,SP (Spain) to Buenos Aires Ezeiza,BA (Argentina) with 230 people on board, was descending through FL250 towards Buenos Aires at 07:30L (10:30Z) when the aircraft encountered hail and received damage to the nose and both windshields. The crew continued for a safe landing on Ezeiza Airport's runway 11 about 27 minutes later.

The return flight UX-42 was cancelled.

Metars:

SAEZ 091200Z 20019G30KT 9000 -RA SCT020 OVC030 15/11 Q1005 RETS

SAEZ 091106Z 18017G28KT 150V240 5000 TSRA BKN010 FEW045CB OVC08 0 16/15 Q1003

SAEZ 091100Z 18020KT 5000 TSRA BKN010 FEW045CB OVC080 16/15 Q1002

SAEZ 091040Z 18015G27KT 150V220 5000 TSRA BKN007 FEW045CB OVC050 20/19 Q1002

SAEZ 091028Z 17014KT 140V210 5000 TSRA BKN007 FEW045CB OVC050 20/19 Q1001

SAEZ 091000Z 29007KT 230V320 9000 -TSRA BKN020 FEW050CB OVC080 20/19 Q1000

SAEZ 090930Z 33007KT 5000 TSRA SCT005 BKN020 FEW050CB OVC080 22/21 Q1001

SAEZ 090910Z 24020KT 210V290 3000 TSRA SCT002 SCT005 FEW045CB OVC050 22/21 Q1000

SAEZ 090900Z 26015KT 6000 TSRA BKN010 FEW050CB OVC060 22/21 Q1001

SAEZ 090830Z 35015G27KT 320V040 6000 TSRA BKN018 FEW050CB OVC060 22/20 Q1001