SAS A320 near Amsterdam on Sep 18th 2013, cracked windshield

Last Update: September 19, 2013 / 21:51:14 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 18, 2013

Classification
Incident

Flight number
SK-1508

Aircraft Registration
OY-KAT

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A SAS Scandinavian Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration OY-KAT performing flight SK-1508 from London Heathrow,EN (UK) to Copenhagen (Denmark) with 109 passengers, was enroute at FL370 about 80nm northnortheast of Amsterdam (Netherlands) when the crew initiated an emergency descent (average rate of descent 4700fpm) to FL100 reporting a cracked windshield, after levelling off at FL100 the crew reported normal operation. The aircraft landed safely on Amsterdam's runway 18R about 30 minutes after leaving FL370.

The airline confirmed a cracked window caused the diversion to Amsterdam, there was no danger for the passengers however.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 18, 2013

Classification
Incident

Flight number
SK-1508

Aircraft Registration
OY-KAT

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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