Eurowings A319 near Hamburg on May 12th 2017, cracked windshield

Last Update: May 13, 2017 / 21:11:24 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 12, 2017

Classification
Incident

Airline
Eurowings

Flight number
EW-9224

Aircraft Registration
D-ABGS

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

A Eurowings Airbus A319-100, registration D-ABGS performing flight EW-9224 from Dusseldorf (Germany) to Gothenburg (Sweden) with 98 passengers, was enroute at FL390 about 30nm northwest of Hamburg (Germany) when the crew decided to divert to Hamburg due to a captain's windshield having cracked. The aircraft landed safely on Hamburg's runway 05 about 25 minutes after leaving FL390.

The airline reported the passengers were taken to hotels and were rebooked onto other flights.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 12, 2017

Classification
Incident

Airline
Eurowings

Flight number
EW-9224

Aircraft Registration
D-ABGS

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

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