American B772 over Atlantic on Oct 28th 2017, cracked windshield
Last Update: October 31, 2017 / 20:54:01 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 28, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Cracked windshield
Airline
American Airlines
Flight number
AA-207
Departure
Milan Malpensa, Italy
Destination
Miami, United States
Aircraft Registration
N771AN
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200
ICAO Type Designator
B772
The airline reported a replacement aircraft is positioning to Stephenville to continue the flight.
A replacement Boeing 777-200 registration N723AN was dispatched to Stephenville as flight AA-9668, took the passengers from Stephenville to New York JFK as flight AA-9244. The passengers were subsequently taken to Miami and arrived at their destination with a delay of 22 hours.
On Oct 31st 2017 the Canadian TSB reported a windshield cracked during cruise about 975nm northeast of St. John's,NL (Canada), the crew declared emergency and performed an emergency descent to FL200. The aircraft diverted to Stephenville,NL.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 28, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Cracked windshield
Airline
American Airlines
Flight number
AA-207
Departure
Milan Malpensa, Italy
Destination
Miami, United States
Aircraft Registration
N771AN
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200
ICAO Type Designator
B772
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