Singapore B772 near Prague on Sep 20th 2014, cracked windshield

Last Update: September 20, 2014 / 19:51:27 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 20, 2014

Classification
Incident

Flight number
SQ-324

Aircraft Registration
9V-SVC

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

A Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-200, registration 9V-SVC performing flight SQ-324 (sched dep Sep 19th, act dep Sep 20th) from Singapore (Singapore) to Amsterdam (Netherlands), was enroute at FL380 about 15nm southwest of Prague (Czech Republic) when the crew requested a descent to FL300 reporting technical issues, subsequently explaining they did not need any assistance but had a cracked windshield. The aircraft continued to Amsterdam, near Frankfurt/Main (Germany) the aircraft needed a further descent to FL250. The aircraft landed safely on Amsterdam's runway 18R about one hour after leaving FL380.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Amsterdam about 14 hours after landing.

The return flight SQ-323 is estimated to depart Amsterdam with a delay of 11 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 20, 2014

Classification
Incident

Flight number
SQ-324

Aircraft Registration
9V-SVC

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

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