ANA B788 near Okayama on Dec 24th 2012, cracked windshield
Last Update: December 25, 2012 / 22:01:35 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 24, 2012
Classification
Incident
Cause
Cracked windshield
Airline
ANA All Nippon Airways
Flight number
NH-652
Departure
Okayama, Japan
Destination
Tokyo Haneda, Japan
Aircraft Registration
JA809A
Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
ICAO Type Designator
B788
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
Cause
Cracked windshield
Airline
ANA All Nippon Airways
Flight number
NH-652
Departure
Okayama, Japan
Destination
Tokyo Haneda, Japan
Aircraft Registration
JA809A
Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
ICAO Type Designator
B788
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