Alitalia A320 near Olbia on Oct 3rd 2012, cracked windshield

Last Update: October 3, 2012 / 20:47:51 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 3, 2012

Classification
Incident

Airline
Alitalia

Flight number
AZ-7585

Aircraft Registration
EI-DSP

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

An Alitalia Airbus A320-200, registration EI-DSP performing flight AZ-7585 from Cagliari to Rome Fiumicino (Italy), had just reached cruise level 300 when the crew decided to descend the aircraft due to a cracked windshield and subsequently diverted to Olbia (Italy) for a safe landing.

The airline reported the inner layer of the windshield cracked.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 3, 2012

Classification
Incident

Airline
Alitalia

Flight number
AZ-7585

Aircraft Registration
EI-DSP

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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