ANA B788 near Okayama on Dec 24th 2012, cracked windshield

Last Update: December 25, 2012 / 22:01:35 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 24, 2012

Classification
Incident

Flight number
NH-652

Aircraft Registration
JA809A

ICAO Type Designator
B788

An ANA All Nippon Airways Boeing 787-800, registration JA809A performing flight NH-652 from Okayama to Tokyo Haneda (Japan) with 215 people on board, was climbing through 11000 feet out of Okayama when the left hand windshield developed a crack, that propagated like a spider web across the entire surface. The crew stopped the climb and returned to Okayama for a safe landing about 25 minutes after departure.

The flight was cancelled.

The airline confirmed a crack of a few millimeters depth that started at about 3000 meters of altitude and propagated across the entire surface of the left hand windshield. There was no external cause of the crack like a bird strike.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 24, 2012

Classification
Incident

Flight number
NH-652

Aircraft Registration
JA809A

ICAO Type Designator
B788

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