if you do some research from people who actually live in Istanbul
you will find out that this thunderstorm and hail storm developed very fast, i.e this plane has been caught out
he is being hailed a hero for landing the plane with a radar that was damaged and no visibility out of the front window
its easy to be an arm chair critic though
BS. Golf ball sized hail doesn't "just happen" in seconds, which is what these idiots are implying. He intentionally flew into something they had ZERO business being in, and the "hero" got them out of trouble that they should have never been in in the first place. As far as the radar not working, hopefully that was AFTER the damage and not before hand, because if they left without a working wx radar and still flew into a T-storm.....Either way, complete incompetence.
Don't know about this country's regulations, but in the US, A MEL (minimum equipment list) must be met before flight, and wx radar is one. It no worky, you no fly.