Eurowings A319 near Toulouse on Mar 2nd 2019, cracked windshield
Last Update: March 4, 2019 / 22:03:59 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 2, 2019
Classification
Incident
Cause
Cracked windshield
Airline
Eurowings
Flight number
EW-5939
Departure
Faro, Portugal
Destination
Vienna, Austria
Aircraft Registration
OE-LYW
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
The airline reported the outer layer of the windshield cracked, the crew did not declare emergency however was instructed by ATC to select the emergency squawk into the transponder.
Passengers are complaining (standing Mar 2nd 2019) about being stuck in Toulouse. So far no replacement aircraft has arrived in Toulouse.
The occurrence aircraft was repaired and was able to depart Toulouse on Mar 4th 2019.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 2, 2019
Classification
Incident
Cause
Cracked windshield
Airline
Eurowings
Flight number
EW-5939
Departure
Faro, Portugal
Destination
Vienna, Austria
Aircraft Registration
OE-LYW
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
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