Aeroflot B738 near Novosibirsk on Sep 6th 2018, cracked windshield

Last Update: September 6, 2018 / 21:27:23 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 6, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Aeroflot

Flight number
SU-1451

Aircraft Registration
VP-BML

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

An Aeroflot Boeing 737-800, registration VP-BML performing flight SU-1451 from Kemerovo to Moscow Sheremetyevo (Russia) with 154 passengers on board, was enroute at FL300 about 90nm northwest of Novosibirsk (Russia) when the crew reported a cracked windshield and descended the aircraft to FL100 reporting it was the inner layer of the windshield, that had cracked. The aircraft diverted to Novosibirsk, entered a hold at FL070 to burn off fuel and landed safely in Novosibirsk about 90 minutes after leaving FL300.

A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration VP-BKF reached Moscow with a delay with 9:40 hours.

The occurrence aircraft returned to service about 12 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 6, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Aeroflot

Flight number
SU-1451

Aircraft Registration
VP-BML

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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