Cockpit window crack forces ANA Boeing flight in Japan to turn around
ANA Flight 1182 and its 59 passengers were forced to turn around and land after a crack was found in the cockpit windshield
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A Japanese domestic flight was forced to turn around and land on Saturday after a crack was found on the cockpit window of the Boeing 737-800 aircraft in midair, an airline spokesperson said.
All Nippon Airways (ANA) Flight 1182 took off from Sapporp-New Chitose airport headed for Toyama airport, about 700 miles to the south, but reversed course after the crack was discovered on the outermost of four layers of windows surrounding the cockpit, the spokesperson said.
There were no injuries reported among the 59 passengers and six crew, according to the ANA spokesperson.
"The crack was not something that affected the flight's control or pressurization," the spokesperson said.
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