United B763 over Atlantic on Oct 13th 2016, cracked windshield

Last Update: November 7, 2016 / 21:38:31 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 13, 2016

Classification
Incident

Cause
Cracked windshield

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-51

Departure
Newark, United States

Destination
Madrid, Spain

Aircraft Registration
N662UA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

A United Boeing 767-300, registration N662UA performing flight UA-51 from Newark,NJ (USA) to Madrid,SP (Spain) with 221 people on board, was enroute at FL340 over the Atlantic Ocean about 260nm east of Boston,MA (USA) when the crew requested to descend to FL260 due to a cracked windshield. After turning around to return to Newark the crew requested to descend to FL100, during the descent the crew requested to stop at FL240, following collecting wind reports for several altitudes the crew requested to descend to FL140. The aircraft landed safely back on Newark's runway 04R about 100 minutes after leaving FL340.

The flight was cancelled.

The occurrence aircraft resumed service after 42 hours on the ground.

On Nov 7th 2016 the Canadian TSB reported that the first officer's windshield cracked. The windshield was replaced.
Aircraft Registration Data
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 13, 2016

Classification
Incident

Cause
Cracked windshield

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-51

Departure
Newark, United States

Destination
Madrid, Spain

Aircraft Registration
N662UA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

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