Lux DH8D near Munich on Feb 4th 2024, cracked windshield

Last Update: February 6, 2024 / 16:44:21 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 4, 2024

Classification
Incident

Airline
Luxair

Flight number
LG-5682

Aircraft Registration
LX-LQD

ICAO Type Designator
DH8D

A Luxair de Havilland Dash 8-400, registration LX-LQD performing flight LG-5682 from Ljubljana (Slovenia) to Luxembourg (Luxembourg), was enroute at FL240 about 80nm southeast of Munich (Germany) still in Austrian Airspace when the crew initiated a descent to FL070 reporting a cracked windshield. The aircraft diverted to Munich for a safe landing on runway 26L about 30 minutes later.

The flight was cancelled, the passengers were rebooked onto other flights.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 31 hours, then positioned to Luxembourg and resumed service.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 4, 2024

Classification
Incident

Airline
Luxair

Flight number
LG-5682

Aircraft Registration
LX-LQD

ICAO Type Designator
DH8D

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