Ryanair B738 near Venice on Nov 24th 2018, cracked windshield

Last Update: November 25, 2018 / 20:22:31 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 24, 2018

Classification
Incident

Cause
Cracked windshield

Airline
Ryanair

Flight number
FR-706

Departure
Venice Treviso, Italy

Destination
Hamburg, Germany

Aircraft Registration
EI-FOK

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

A Ryanair Boeing 737-800, registration EI-FOK performing flight FR-706 from Venice Treviso (Italy) to Hamburg (Germany), was climbing out of Venice when the captain's windshield began to glow at the right upper corner followed by the captain's windshield to crack. The crew levelled off at FL280 to run the related checklists, verified it was just the outer pane of the windshield that had cracked and decided to continue the flight in accordance with the checklists. The aircraft climbed to FL320 and landed safely in Hamburg about 90 minutes after departure.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Hamburg about 28 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 24, 2018

Classification
Incident

Cause
Cracked windshield

Airline
Ryanair

Flight number
FR-706

Departure
Venice Treviso, Italy

Destination
Hamburg, Germany

Aircraft Registration
EI-FOK

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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