Window on Boeing 737 Cracks During Flight in Japan

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Jan 13, 2024 #boeing, #cracks, #during, #flight, #japan, #window

Richard A. Brooks / AFP A <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/boeing-737">Boeing 737</a> plane in Japan was forced to return to its point of departure on Saturday after a crack appeared in the window of the plane’s cockpit. The <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/all-nippon-airways">All Nippon Airways</a> (ANA) domestic flight had left the city of Sapporo en route to Toyama, before turning around for an emergency landing. No one onboard was injured, a <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/japan-ana-boeing-737-800-flight-turns-back-due-cockpit-window-crack-2024-01-13/">spokesperson</a> for the airline said. John Strickland, an expert aviation consultant said that although the crack was in the outermost of the four-layered window, cracks like it “can be pretty dangerous if not fixed,” according to the BBC. <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/window-on-boeing-737-cracks-during-all-nippon-airways-ana-flight-in-japan">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a>

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A Boeing 737 plane in Japan was forced to return to its point of departure on Saturday after a crack appeared in the window of the plane’s cockpit.

The All Nippon Airways (ANA) domestic flight had left the city of Sapporo en route to Toyama, before turning around for an emergency landing. No one onboard was injured, a spokesperson for the airline said.

John Strickland, an expert aviation consultant said that although the crack was in the outermost of the four-layered window, cracks like it “can be pretty dangerous if not fixed,” according to the BBC.