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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 routine landing. Finnair sent another Airbus A320 to transport passengers.

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