Kuwait Airways aircraft nose gets damaged while landing in Beirut airport 

Kuwait Airways aircraft nose gets damaged while landing in Beirut airport 
Airbus A330-200 of Kuwait Airways in the Frankfurt airport on September 08,2016 in Frankfurt,Germany.Kuwait Airways is the national airline of Kuwait. (Shutterstock)
Updated 22 April 2019
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Kuwait Airways aircraft nose gets damaged while landing in Beirut airport 

Kuwait Airways aircraft nose gets damaged while landing in Beirut airport 
  • Airbus A320 landed “safely and normally” at Rafik Al-Hariri’s International Airport
  • The aircraft’s rounded nose cone had hit “a chunk of ice”

JEDDAH: The nose of a Kuwait Airways aircraft was damaged during a snow-related aircraft mishap while landing at Beirut’s airport on Sunday. 

A statement on the state-run Kuwait News Agency said the Airbus A320 landed “safely and normally” at Rafik Al-Hariri’s International Airport after the aircraft’s rounded nose cone had hit “a chunk of ice”. 

The plane was being fixed by technical staff on the ground and is expected to return to Kuwait around 7p.m. local time Sunday, the statement added.