Austrian A321 near Belgrade on Oct 19th 2016, cracked windshield

Last Update: October 20, 2016 / 19:01:53 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 19, 2016

Classification
Incident

Flight number
OS-832

Destination
Vienna, Austria

Aircraft Registration
OE-LBA

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

An Austrian Airlines Airbus A321-100, registration OE-LBA performing flight OS-832 from Larnaca (Cyprus) to Vienna (Austria) with 190 passengers and 6 crew, was enroute at FL340 about 100nm southeast of Belgrade (Serbia) when the crew decided to divert to Belgrade due to a cracked windshield. The aircraft landed safely on Belgrade's runway 12 about 25 minutes after leaving FL340.

The aircraft remained on the ground in Belgrade for 21 hours, then continued the flight and reached Vienna with a delay of 22.5 hours.

The airline reported a replacement windscreen was flown to Belgrade. The passengers were taken to hotels over night due to the lack of alternative flights available.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 19, 2016

Classification
Incident

Flight number
OS-832

Destination
Vienna, Austria

Aircraft Registration
OE-LBA

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

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