India B788 near Tehran on Aug 9th 2017, cracked windshield

Last Update: August 9, 2017 / 18:53:05 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 9, 2017

Classification
Incident

Cause
Cracked windshield

Airline
Air India

Flight number
AI-120

Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Destination
Delhi, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-ANU

Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner

ICAO Type Designator
B788

An Air India Boeing 787-800, registration VT-ANU performing flight AI-120 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Delhi (India) with 249 passengers, was enroute at FL390 about 340nm eastsoutheast of Tehran (Iran) when the crew decided to descend the aircraft to FL200, turn around and divert to Tehran due to cracks of the left hand windshield. The aircraft landed safely at Tehran's Imam Khomeini Airport about 65 minutes later.

A replacement Boeing 747-400 registration VT-EVA was dispatched to Tehran, resumed the flight and is estimated to reach Delhi with a delay of about 18 hours.

The airline reported the windshield of the Dreamliner will be replaced in Tehran, then the aircraft will return to Delhi.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Tehran about 17.5 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 9, 2017

Classification
Incident

Cause
Cracked windshield

Airline
Air India

Flight number
AI-120

Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Destination
Delhi, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-ANU

Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner

ICAO Type Designator
B788

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