Midway at the flight, a cockpit window cracked on an All Nippon Airways (ANA) aircraft in Japan, forcing the aircraft to return to the airport.
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A crack occurred in the outermost of the four layers of windows that surrounded the cockpit.
After the issue was discovered at Toyama Airport, Boeing 737-800 Flight 1182, which was carrying 59 passengers and six crew members, made a safe landing at Sapporo-New Chitose Airport.
At about 12:10 local time (3:10 GMT), the Boeing 737 returned to land at Sapporo’s New Chitose Airport.
Six crew members and fifty-nine passengers were not hurt, according to an airline official.
The crack was found as the flight traveled over Hakodate, according to a representative for ANA, the biggest carrier in Japan.
“The crack was not something that affected the flight’s control or pressurization,” the spokesperson said.
This is the second incident involving a Boeing aircraft in less than a week. ANA’s plane, on the other hand, was not one of the Boeing types that made headlines.
The plane returned to the airport, where it safely landed.
John Strickland, an aircraft expert, stated that the origin of the crack was still unclear.
“These things happen sometimes, something can hit the window, for example, a bird, a big hail, it’s not unheard of”.
“You can occasionally get a stress fracture, from wear and tear,” he stated, “but that’s very rare”.
He stated that to guarantee the plane’s total safety, the airline would probably need to repair the window entirely, not just the damaged section.
“These things occur, it’s unbelievable how often it happens”.
Six crew members and fifty-nine passengers were present. For the passengers, other flights were scheduled.
This is the second incident in as many weeks involving a Boeing 737-type airplane. The aircraft used on the ANA flight, according to Mr. Strickland, was an earlier model that was “not old by any means,” rather than a Boeing 737 MAX 9.
The US aviation authority, the FAA, has grounded all Boeing 737-9 aircraft following an Alaska Airlines explosion, in which a cabin panel flew off a newly bought aircraft in midair, resulting in the aircraft collapsing. A hole was located in the back of the aircraft on Saturday.
The jet, which had 177 passengers and crew on board, was forced to make an emergency landing in Oregon, United States.
On Friday, the FAA announced that it would strengthen its control of Boeing and extended the temporary grounding of Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft for more safety inspections.
According to the FAA, 171 aircraft had to be grounded in the same order as the event “for the protection of U.S. passengers.”
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