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Boeing: Montana Cracked Windshield
What: Air Tran Boeing 737 en route from Seattle to Milwaukee Where: Billings Montana When: Oct 29, 2011 Who: 124 passengers Why: The flight took off normally, but over Montana, the windshield cracked. The crew diverted the flight to Billings Montana where they made a safe landing. »
Jet Airways Emergency Landing in Romania
What: Jet Airways Airbus A318 en route from Hamburg to Dubai Where: Constanta, Romania Who: five crew and three passengers Why: While en route, the jet airways airbus windshield cracked. Pilots diverted to Mihail Kogalniceanu airport in Constanta, where they made a safe landing. No injuries were reported. »
Pia Emergency Landing in Karachi
What: Pakistan International Airline jet en route from Dubai to Peshawar Where: Quaid-e-Azam International Airport Karachi When: Oct 12, 2011 Who: 150 passengers Why: While en route, cracks developed in the windshield. Pilots diverted the flight to Karachi. Passengers arrived in Peshawar at 2 pm. »
Emergency landing on Midway Atoll
What: Delta Airlines Boeing 747-400 en route from Honolulu to Osaka Where: 300 nm southeast of Sand Island/Midway Atoll When: June 17, 2011 Who: 359 passengers, 19 crew Why: While en route, a windshield cracked. Although they did not lose cabin pressure, the crew decided they had to land while it was daylight. The... »
Cracking Windshield Leads Delta to Vegas
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Jason Whitebird What: Delta Airlines Boeing 757-200 en route from Los Angeles to New York Where: Las Vegas When: Jun 16th 2011 Why: While en route, the right windshield of the Boeing developed a crack. The flight crew diverted to Las Vegas where they... »
Windshield Crack Lands Taiwanese Passengers in Manila
What: Malaysian Airlines Boeing 737-400 en route from Sabah (Kota Kinabalu) to Kaohsiung International Airport Where: Manila When: April 16, 2011 5:30 p.m. Who: 128 passengers Why: While over Philippine airspace, a member of the crew found a cracked cockpit window that caused pressurization problems. The plane diverted to Manila and made a safe... »
American Airlines Time to Bring out the Duct Tape
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Joe M Hill What: Airlines Boeing 757-200 en route from San Juan Puerto Rico to Miami,FL Where: San Juan When: Mar 1st 2011 Why: After takeoff, the side panels in the cabin began to quiver, and passenger windows were cracking. The crew returned to... »
Cracked Windshield on takeoff
This is the weather for cracked windshields. One almost wonders if maintenance crews are using hot water on that cold glass in Denver. We see: Denver: Skywest CRJ7-Cracked windshield Denver: Skywest CRJ12-Cracked windshield Denver: B752-Cracked windshield Cold makes glass more brittle so that it can crack more easily without additional stresses. We also have:... »
Finnair Emergency Landing in Germany
What: Finnair Airbus A320-200 en route from Paris to Helsinki Where: Hamburg When: Jan 1 2011 Who: 100 passengers Why: While en route, it was discovered that a windshield was cracked. The crack did not appear until after takeoff. The flight diverted to Hamburg Germany where they made a safe landing. It was a... »
Cargo Flight Window Cracks
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Daniel P Fretwell What: Imperial Air Cargo Boeing 737-300 en route from Leipzig Germany to Turku Finland Where: Leipzig When: Dec 14th 2010 Why: While en route, the plane suffered a cracked windshield. The flight returned to Leipzig to make a safe landing. »
