New Delhi: Almost 250 passengers on board a Boeing Dreamliner flying from Frankfurt to Delhi had a close shave when the aircraft's windshield cracked minutes after taking off. The Dreamliner (VT-ANK) had to then had to immediately turn back for Frankfurt and landed safely.
The latest windshield crack happened last Friday (May 9) when the plane had taken off with 241 passengers and 10 crew for Delhi. This is incidentally the second time in six months that the same Dreamliner (VT-ANK) suffered a windshield crack. Last November also, this plane cracked its windshield on a Delhi-Melbourne flight while landing in Australia.
"AI has so far had five instances of Dreamliner windshield cracks. This issue has been taken up with Boeing but is far from being satisfactorily resolved. Windshield cracks happening with such regularity in a brand new plane are rare," said a senior AI official.
15/05/14 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
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The latest windshield crack happened last Friday (May 9) when the plane had taken off with 241 passengers and 10 crew for Delhi. This is incidentally the second time in six months that the same Dreamliner (VT-ANK) suffered a windshield crack. Last November also, this plane cracked its windshield on a Delhi-Melbourne flight while landing in Australia.
"AI has so far had five instances of Dreamliner windshield cracks. This issue has been taken up with Boeing but is far from being satisfactorily resolved. Windshield cracks happening with such regularity in a brand new plane are rare," said a senior AI official.
15/05/14 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
