Lufthansa A320 near Dublin on Apr 23rd 2018, cracked windshield

Last Update: April 23, 2018 / 22:47:23 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 23, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-978

Destination
Dublin, Ireland

Aircraft Registration
D-AIPY

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Lufthansa Airbus A320-200, registration D-AIPY performing flight LH-978 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Dublin (Ireland), was enroute at FL340 about 110nm east of Dublin (Ireland) when the crew reported the outer layer of the left hand windshield had cracked with no pressurization issue and descended their aircraft to FL100. The aircraft continued to Dublin for a safe landing about 30 minutes later.

The aircraft is still on the ground in Dublin about 4 hours after landing.

The return flight LH-979 was cancelled.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 23, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-978

Destination
Dublin, Ireland

Aircraft Registration
D-AIPY

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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