Hail damages plane as thunderstorms lash Austria 

An Austrian Airlines plane at Vienna Airport. AFP file photo.

A hailstorm badly damaged a passenger plane approaching Vienna on Sunday, the airline said, as Austria grappled with violent thunderstorms and widespread flooding.Hail broke off part of the nose and left cracks in the cockpit windows of the Austrian Airlines aircraft, which was carrying holidaymakers back from Palma de Mallorca.After issuing a distress call, the...