Cityjet RJ85 near Dublin on Oct 23rd 2016, cracked windshield

Last Update: October 23, 2016 / 21:53:44 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 23, 2016

Classification
Incident

Airline
Cityjet

Flight number
AF-1617

Aircraft Registration
EI-RJE

ICAO Type Designator
RJ85

A Cityjet Avro RJ-85 on behalf of Air France, registration EI-RJE performing flight AF-1617 from Dublin (Ireland) to Paris Charles de Gaulle (France), was climbing out of Dublin when the crew requested to stop the climb at FL150 subsequently advising they had a cracked windshield and needed to return to Dublin. The aircraft landed safely back about 35 minutes after departure.

A replacement RJ-85 registration EI-RJO reached Paris with a delay of 3.5 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 23, 2016

Classification
Incident

Airline
Cityjet

Flight number
AF-1617

Aircraft Registration
EI-RJE

ICAO Type Designator
RJ85

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