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    Saipan: Windshield Cracked too Late and Missed the Party


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    Contact photographer Dan Hornseth
    What: Northwest Airlines Boeing 757-200 en route from Guam to Tokyo Narita Japan
    Where: Saipan
    When: Wednesday April 15 between 4 and 5
    Who: 170 + passengers
    Why: When a “minor” crack was discovered on the plane’s windshield. A delay of between 16 and 17 hours is anticipated.

    George’s Point of View

    Irony of the day: The plane’s emergency arrival just missed Disaster Drill day at Saipan International Airport.

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    Crazed Co-pilot’s WindShield Downs GoJet at KCI

    What: United/GoJet Airlines en route from St. Louis regional jet en route to Denver
    Where: Kansas City International Airport Overhaul Base
    When: Dec 2 at 7:45 a.m
    Who: Seventy-five people on board.
    Why: Windshield on the co-pilot’s side cracked in a crazed pattern during the flight; the flight landed successfully with no injuries.

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    Emergency Landing for Per Stig Moller

    What: A Danish Air Force plane
    Where: Cypriot coastal city of Paphos airport
    When: Thursday afternoon 1.30 p.m
    Who: foreign minister Per Stig Moller
    Why: Pilot detected a crack in the cockpit windshield and made an emergency landing

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    Cracked Window Leads to Emergency Landing

    What: BMI Baby jet Flight WW1022en route from from Belfast
    Where: Birmingham International Terminal One
    When: 19 November 2008 9.30am
    Who: 76 passengers and five crew members
    Why: The plane declared an emergency landing due to a cracked side window.

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    Brussels Airline Emergency Landing in Gothenberg

    What: Brussels Airline flight en route from Stockholm’s Bromma Airport to Brussels
    Where: Gothenburg Landvetter airport
    When: Tuesday November 18
    Who: 63 passengers
    Why: cracked windshield forced an airliner to make an emergency landing. Initially news reports said that the crack caused a loss of cabin pressure, but apparently this was not the case. Tickets were sold through Malmö Aviation.

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    Northwest Emergency Landing at Indianapolis

    What: Pinnacle Airlines Canadair CRJ-200 on behalf of Northwest Airlines, flight 9E-2515/NW-2515 from Oklahoma City,OK to Detroit,MI
    Where: Indianapolis
    When: Tuesday (3 minutes later)
    Who: 26 passengers on board
    Why: When cabin pressure problems were indicated (possibly originating with the seal around the aircraft’s windshield) the plane had to proceed with an emergency landing at the Indianapolis airport, where the plane taxied to the gate and were able to disembark normally.

    What: Pinnacle Airlines Canadair CRJ-200 on behalf of Northwest Airlines, flight 9E-2544/NW-2544 from Detroit,MI to St. Louis,MO
    Where: Indianapolis
    When: Tuesday (3 minutes earlier)
    Who: 18 passengers on board
    Why: Flight diverted when the window developed a crack

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    US Airways Emergency Landing in Salt Lake

    What: US Airways Bombardier CRJ900 regional jet en route from Edmonton, Canada, to Phoenix, Arizona.
    Where: Diverted to Salt Lake City –Salt Lake City International Airport
    When: 10:20 am
    Who: 86 passengers and three crew members transferred to other flights to Phoenix
    Why: Diverted due to a crack in the front windshield.