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Contact photographer Stefan Sonnenberg
What: Air Berlin/ LTU Airbus A330-200 en route from Dusseldorf to La Romana Dominican Republic
Where: Cologne
When: Feb 19 2010
Why: While en route, a window in the cockpit cracked. The flight diverted to Cologne and made a safe landing. Passengers were provided an alternative flight.
Pictured: A Mexicana Link Canadair CL-600-2B19 Regional Jet CRJ-200ER
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Contact photographer Jose Lopez
What: Mexicana Link Canadair CRJ-200 en route from Cancun to Puebla
Where: Merida
When: Feb 15 2010
Who: 37 passengers
Why: While en route, during the flight the windshield developed cracks. The flight diverted to Merida Mexico and made a safe landing.
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Contact photographer Jose Maria Menendez
What: Iberia Airbus A340-600 en route from Madrid, to Santiago
Where: Las Palmas
When: Feb 5th 2010
Why: While en route, it was discovered that the windshield was cracked.
The flight diverted to Las Palmas where it made a safe landing. After the windshield was replaced, the flight departed about 20 hours later
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Contact photographer Hongyin Huo
What: Air Canada Airbus A321-200 en route from St. John’s Toronto
Where: Iles de la Madeleine
When: Jan 7th 2010
Who: not available
Why: When the crew discovered a cracked windshield, the pilot descended to a lower altitude and diverted to Halifax where they made a safe landing. A replacement flight was provided.
Pictured: A VivaAerobus Boeing 737-3B7
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Contact photographer Jorge Garcia
What: VivaAerobus Boeing 737-300 en route from Monterrey to Tijuana
Where: Chihuahua
When: Dec 18, 2009
Who: 80 passengers
Why: While en route, the plane developed cracks in its windshield, and diverted to Chihuahua, where it made a safe landing.
Pictured: An Air India Airbus A319-112 over Singapore
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Contact photographer Jxy
What: Air India Airbus A319-100 en route from Bangalore to Mumbai
Where: Bangalore
When: Dec 16th 2009
Who: 162 passengers
Why: While en route, a windshield developed cracks. The pilots returned to the airport of origin. Passengers were booked onto alternative flights when the plane went to maintenance for repairs.
Pictured: A Delta Connection (ASA – Atlantic Southeast Airlines) Canadair CL-600-2C10 Regional Jet CRJ-701ER
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Contact photographer Daniel J. Evans
What: Delta/Atlantic Southeast Airlines Canadair CRJ-700 en route from Flint, MI to Atlanta, GA
Where: NE of Louisville KY
When: Dec 7th 2009
Who: 61 passengers and 4 crew
Why: While en route from Flint, the crew found and reported a cracked windshield. The crew made an emergency landing in Louisville. Passengers debarked safely, and alternative transportation was provided.
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Contact photographer Martin Djupenstrom
What: Lufthansa Airbus A319-100 en route from Sofia Bulgaria to Munich Germany
Where: Budapest
When: Dec 6th 2009
Who: 44 passengers
Why: While en route, the crew discovered a cracked windshield, and diverted to Budapest where they made a safe landing. Passengers were rerouted.
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Contact photographer Daniel J. Evans
What: Atlantic Southeast Airlines Canadair CRJ-700 en route from Newburgh NY to Atlanta GA
Where: Pittsburgh
When: Dec 2nd
Who: not available
Why: While en route, the windshield cracked. The fight was diverted to Pittsburgh and landed safely. No reason is cited for the cause of the crack.
Pictured: A Delta Air Lines Boeing 757-232
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What: Delta Airlines Boeing 757-200 en route from Bogota Colombia to Atlanta GA
Where: Bogota
When: Dec 2nd 2009
Who: 115 passengers and 6 crew
Why: Half an hour into the flight, the outer pane of the copilot’s windshield window cracked. The plane returned to the airport in Bogota and made a safe landing.
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Contact photographer Andrew Compolo
What: TACA Peru Airbus A321-200 en route from Lima Peru to Buenos Aires
Where: Resistencia Argentina
When: Nov 23rd 2009
Who: 180 passengers
Why: While en route, the flight encountered a high altitude hail storm, which cracked the windshield. The flight diverted to Resistencia after the crack was found. There is no indication if the crack caused a disruption of cabin pressure; however passengers were still booked on alternative flights on landing.
Pictured: A Cayman Airways Boeing 737-36E
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Contact photographer Gabriel Widyna
What: Cayman Airways Boeing 737-300 en route from Miami, Florida
Where: Owen Roberts International Airport
When: Saturday 14th November, 2009
Who:
Why: The plane made an emergency landing at Owen Roberts International Airport just before noon Saturday due to a cracked windshield.
CAL denies this was an emergency.
Update
Incorrect “emergency” status was released by Cuban air authorities after they had approved the flight’s precautionary descent over its airspace. The plane flew at a lower altitude because of the cracked windshield, and landed safely.
Pictured: A US Airways Airbus A319-132
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Contact photographer Mark Kopczak
What: US Airways Airbus A-319 en route from San Jose to Phoenix to Lambert Airport in St. Louis
Where: Albuquerque International Sunport, Albuquerque, New Mexico
When: Nov 13, 2009
Who: 113 passengers and five crew
Why: After leaving Phoenix, the airbus developed a problem with its windshield, and diverted to Albuquerque where it made a safe landing. Passengers debarked safely; and alternative transportation is being found for them.
Pictured: Air Canada Jazz De Havilland Canada DHC-8-300 Dash 8
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Contact photographer Marian Musil
What: Air Canada Jazz de Havilland Dash 8-300 en route from Cranbrook,BC to Vancouver,BC (Canada)
Where: Vancouver
When: Oct 20th 2009
Why: While descending to land, a fire in the cockpit ensued. Although the fire was managed, the outer left windshield shattered. The plane landed safely, without reported injury.
What: Continental Airlines 737 en route from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to Baltimore.
Where: Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport
When: 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct 17, 2009
Who: 120 passengers and crew
Why: While en route, the windshield developed a crack, so the flight made an emergency landing at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. Passengers debarked and boarded a flight to Jacksonville, Fla
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Contact photographer Gábor Vilmányi
What: Eurofly Airbus A330-200 en route from Mauritius to Rome
Where: Cairo
When: Oct 5th 2009
Who: 245 passengers
Why: When a crack developed in a cockpit window, the plane diverted to Cairo for a safe landing, where passengers debarked and transferred to alternative planes.
No injuries were reported.
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Contact Photographer Gerry Stegmeier
What: Bulgaria Air Boeing 737-300 en route from Varna Bulgaria to Moscow
Where: Varna Bulgaria
When: Sep 6th 2009
Who: 106 passengers
Why: Just after takeoff, the cockpit window cracked. The plane landed safely back at the airport about an hour after takeoff, at 4:30 pm. Passengers were provided an alternative flight.
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Contact Photographer Tommy Desmet
What: Thomas Cook Airlines Airbus A320-200 en route from Brussels Belgium to Tenerife
Where: over Bay of Biscay
When: Aug 14th 2009
Why: While on the way to Tenerife, the windshield of the airbus cracked. The crew declared an emergency and returned to Brussels for repairs that delayed takeoff for about 7 hours.
What: Peruvian Air Force Boeing 737 en route to Quito
Where: coastal city of Chiclayo, 770 km (478 miles) north of Lima
When: Mon Aug 10, 2009
Who: Peruvian President Alan Garcia
Why: While en route to a summit meeting, Peruvian President Alan Garcia’s plane’s windshield suffered a crack and had to land.
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What: Lion Air Boeing 737-300, en route from Jakarta to Mongonsidi airport, South East Sulawesi
Where: Sultan Hasanuddin airport in Makassar
When: 5 pm Jul 18th 2009
Who: 132 passengers 6 crew members
Why: The plane made an emergency landing because of a “crack on the glass of its cockpit window,” according to information released by Lion Air.
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Contact Photographer Matthias Bindseil
What: Tarom Romanian Air Transport Airbus A310-300 en route from Bucharest Otopeni (Romania) to Tenerife Sur Reina,CI (Spain)
Where: Madrid
When: Jun 18th 200p
Who: 201 passengers and 10 crew members
Why: En route the windshield cracked, and the flight was diverted safely to Madrid. No injuries were reported though the cockpit depressurized.
What: ConocoPhillips (new) Boeing 737-700 en route from Anchorage to Deadhorse
Where: emergency landing in Fairbanks
When: Thursday May 28
Who: 135 oilfield workers
Why: The plane flew into a cloud of fifty (or thereabouts) ducks, cracking the 3 ply windshield, denting the engine cowling and forcing an emergency landing in Fairbanks.
George’s Point of View
There is no connection between ducks (n.) and duck (v.) (I checked.)
And then I was going to write something about airline insurance companies using ducks as mascots–but there’s already an insurance duck.
So let’s just hope the ducks that survive figure out how to get out of the way next time–and be glad that this time, no unfeathered passengers were hurt.
What: British Air on behalf of Air France Canadair CRJ-100 en route from from Barcelona to Paris
Where: 15 passengers
When: May 26th 2009
Who: 15 passengers
Why: Near Limoges, the right cockpit window shattered, causing the plane to experience sudden decompression. the plane landed safely at Limoges. Cockpit crew had some injuries from flying glass.
What: Bulgaria Air Boeing 737-300 en route from Tel Aviv to the Bulgarian city of Burgas on the Black Sea.
Where: Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv
When: May 14
Who: 146 passengers
Why: When a crack was discovered in a window, the plane returned to Tel Aviv. There were no injuries. Passengers were provided replacement transportation.
What: Air France Airlinair Aerospatiale ATR-42-500 en route from Florence (Italy) to Lyon (France)
Where: diverted to Genoa (Italy)
When: Apr 25th 2009
Who: 32 passengers
Why: While en route, the crew observed a cracked windshield. The airplane landed safely about 50 minutes after departure from Florence.
