Vietjet A321 near Kaohsiung on May 3rd 2025, cracked windshield

Last Update: May 3, 2025 / 19:19:47 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 3, 2025

Classification
Incident

Flight number
VJ-881

Destination
Da Nang, Vietnam

Aircraft Registration
VN-A642

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

A VietjetAir Airbus A321-200, registration VN-A642 performing flight VJ-881 from Seoul (South Korea) to Da Nang (Vietnam), was enroute at FL340 about 50nm south of Kaohsiung (Taiwan) when the crew declared Mayday and requested to descend to FL150 "now" subsequently stating they were in an emergency descent. The crew advised they had a cracked windshield. The aircraft entered a hold at 3000 feet and landed on Kaohsiung's runway 09 about 40 minutes after leaving FL340.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Kaohsiung about 19 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 3, 2025

Classification
Incident

Flight number
VJ-881

Destination
Da Nang, Vietnam

Aircraft Registration
VN-A642

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

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