Blue Island AT72 near Jersey on Oct 2nd 2018, cracked windshield
Last Update: October 2, 2018 / 20:09:39 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 2, 2018
Classification
Incident
Cause
Cracked windshield
Airline
Blue Islands
Flight number
BE-6300
Departure
Guernsey, United Kingdom
Destination
Southampton, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
G-ISLI
Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200
ICAO Type Designator
AT72
The airline reported a random failure of a windshield heating element caused a crack in the windshield prompting the diversion to Jersey.
A replacement ATR-42-300 registration G-ISLH reached Southampton with a delay of 90 minutes.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground about 13.5 hours after landing.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 2, 2018
Classification
Incident
Cause
Cracked windshield
Airline
Blue Islands
Flight number
BE-6300
Departure
Guernsey, United Kingdom
Destination
Southampton, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
G-ISLI
Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200
ICAO Type Designator
AT72
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