Biman B738 near Dhaka on Jun 25th 2024, cracked windshield

Last Update: June 26, 2024 / 01:59:21 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 25, 2024

Classification
Incident

Flight number
BG-127

Aircraft Registration
S2-AFL

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

A Biman Bangladesh Boeing 737-800, registration S2-AFL performing flight BG-127 from Chittagong (Bangladesh) to Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) with 146 people on board, was enroute at FL300 near Kolkata (India) when the crew decided to turn around and divert to Dhaka (Bangladesh) reporting a cracked windshield. The aircraft entered holds to burn off fuel and landed safely on Dhaka's runway 14 about 2:50 hours later.

A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration S2-AEQ reached Abu Dhabi with a delay of about 4.5 hours.

The occurrence aircraft returned to service about 19 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 25, 2024

Classification
Incident

Flight number
BG-127

Aircraft Registration
S2-AFL

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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