Atlanta Icelandic B744 near Frankfurt on Mar 18th 2018, cracked windshield

Last Update: March 18, 2018 / 20:47:32 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 18, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
CC-716

Aircraft Registration
TF-AMQ

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400

ICAO Type Designator
B744

An Air Atlanta Icelandic Boeing 747-400 freighter, registration TF-AMQ performing flight CC-716 from Frankfurt Hahn (Germany) to Greenville,SC (USA), was enroute at FL300 about 170nm west of Frankfurt Hahn in Belgian Airspace when the crew decided to return to Frankfurt Hahn reporting a cracked windshield. The aircraft maintained FL300, dumped fuel over the North Sea and landed safely in Hahn about 140 minutes after departure.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 18, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
CC-716

Aircraft Registration
TF-AMQ

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400

ICAO Type Designator
B744

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