ANA B788 near Helsinki on Jun 23rd 2018, cracked windshield

Last Update: June 24, 2018 / 15:10:26 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 23, 2018

Classification
Incident

Cause
Cracked windshield

Airline
ANA All Nippon Airways

Flight number
NH-232

Departure
Brussels, Belgium

Destination
Tokyo Narita, Japan

Aircraft Registration
JA823A

Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner

ICAO Type Designator
B788

An ANA All Nippon Airways Boeing 787-800, registration JA823A performing flight NH-232 (dep Jun 22nd) from Brussels (Belgium) to Tokyo Narita (Japan) with 162 people on board, was enroute at FL350 about 340nm east of Helsinki (Finland) in Russian Airspace when the crew initiated an emergency descent due to a left hand cracked windshield. The aircraft levelled off at FL100 about 8 minutes after leaving FL350, turned around and diverted to Helsinki where the aircraft landed safely on runway 22L about 90 minutes after leaving FL350.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Helsinki 39.5 hours after landing.

The cracked windshield (Photo: Aleksi Hämäläinen‎):
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 23, 2018

Classification
Incident

Cause
Cracked windshield

Airline
ANA All Nippon Airways

Flight number
NH-232

Departure
Brussels, Belgium

Destination
Tokyo Narita, Japan

Aircraft Registration
JA823A

Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner

ICAO Type Designator
B788

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