Egypt B738 near Frankfurt on Nov 13th 2017, cracked windshield

Last Update: November 14, 2017 / 00:08:33 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 13, 2017

Classification
Incident

Airline
Egypt Air

Flight number
MS-786

Destination
Cairo, Egypt

Aircraft Registration
SU-GEG

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

An Egypt Air Boeing 737-800, registration SU-GEG performing flight MS-786 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Cairo (Egypt), was climbing through FL240 out of Frankfurt when the crew declared Mayday reporting a cracked windshield and initiated a rapid descent to FL100. The aircraft returned to Frankfurt. While on approach to Frankfurt the crew downgraded the Mayday to PAN advising that only the windshield's outer pane had cracked and was completely taken out. The aircraft entered a hold at 5000 feet to burn off fuel and landed safely back on Frankfurt's runway 25C about 40 minutes after departure.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 13, 2017

Classification
Incident

Airline
Egypt Air

Flight number
MS-786

Destination
Cairo, Egypt

Aircraft Registration
SU-GEG

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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