Bulgaria E190 near Vienna on Dec 11th 2018, cracked windshield
Last Update: December 12, 2018 / 21:57:14 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 11, 2018
Classification
Incident
Cause
Cracked windshield
Airline
Bulgaria Air
Flight number
FB-408
Departure
Brussels, Belgium
Destination
Sofia, Bulgaria
Aircraft Registration
LZ-SOF
Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-190
ICAO Type Designator
E190
Bulgarian media report members of Bulgaria's goverment including the deputy Prime Minister were on board of the aircraft.
A replacement Embraer ERJ-190 registration LZ-VAR positioned from Sofia to Vienna landing at 01:30L and departed at 03:00L reaching Sofia with a delay of 5:20 hours.
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for 22.5 hours, then positioned to Sofia.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 11, 2018
Classification
Incident
Cause
Cracked windshield
Airline
Bulgaria Air
Flight number
FB-408
Departure
Brussels, Belgium
Destination
Sofia, Bulgaria
Aircraft Registration
LZ-SOF
Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-190
ICAO Type Designator
E190
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