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Narrative: AtlasGlobal flight KK1010 with 127 passengers returned to land at Istanbul-Atatürk International Airport in Turkey after passing through a hail storm. The nose radome of the Airbus A320 had caved in and sustained a hole as a result of being battered by hail stones, the both forward windshields were damaged.
The aircraft took off from runway 05 at 15:40 UTC. A safe landing was made on runway 35L at 16:08 UTC.
The pilot has been awarded a national medal of courage for safely landing the passenger jet “blind”.