Air France B772 over Hudson Bay on Jul 3rd 2012, loss of cabin pressure due to cracked windshield

Last Update: July 3, 2012 / 22:20:19 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 3, 2012

Classification
Incident

Cause
Loss of cabin pressure

Airline
Air France

Flight number
AF-85

Departure
San Francisco, United States

Destination
Paris Charles de Gaulle, France

Aircraft Registration
F-GSPL

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

An Air France Boeing 777-200, registration F-GSPL performing flight AF-85 from San Francisco,CA (USA) to Paris Charles de Gaulle (France), was enroute at FL370 over the Hudson Bay about 4:20 hours into the flight when the crew declared emergency reporting a crack in the windshield and cabin pressure problems making a descent to 10,000 feet necessary. The aircraft descended to 10,000 feet to stabilize the situation and diverted to Montreal,QC (Canada) for a safe landing about 3 hours later.

The airline reported the aircraft diverted to Montreal for technical checks, the flight is currently estimated to depart Montreal on Jul 4th at 17:00L and arrive in Paris with a delay of 40 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 3, 2012

Classification
Incident

Cause
Loss of cabin pressure

Airline
Air France

Flight number
AF-85

Departure
San Francisco, United States

Destination
Paris Charles de Gaulle, France

Aircraft Registration
F-GSPL

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

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