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Emergency Landing Kuwait City


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What: Kuwait Airways Airbus A300-600 en route from Kuwait City to Dhaka
Where: Kuwait
When: Oct 23rd 2010
Why: After takeoff, the windshield developed a crack. The pilot returned to Kuwait and made a safe landing.

Conflicting reports:
According to Mohammed Bursali, Public Relations Director of Kuwait Airways, The windshield was replaced and the flight resumed an hour later. However, a replacement jet arrived four hours later to resume the flight.

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