Boeing 737-800 plane turned back in Japan because of cracked cockpit window

A domestic flight of All Nippon Airways (ANA, Japan) had to return to its departure point on January 13, after a crack was discovered in the cockpit window while the plane was in the air, Reuters reported.

Specifically, a spokesman for All Nippon Airways said that the flight number 1182 had an incident, departing from Sapporo-New Chitose Airport (Hokkaido province) to Toyama Airport in the same province. This aircraft is a Boeing 737-800 manufactured by Boeing Corporation (USA).

An All Nippon Airways plane was forced to return to its origin after cracks were discovered in the windows surrounding the cockpit.

The crack was found in the outermost of four windows surrounding the cockpit. An ANA spokesman added that all 59 passengers and six crew members landed safely and there were no reports of injuries, ABC News reported.

"The crack did not affect the flight's controllability or pressurization," an ANA spokesman said.

The plane with the crack this time is not a Boeing 737 MAX 9, which is under investigation after the incident on January 5. At that time, a control panel in the cabin of a Boeing 737 MAX 9 operated by Alaska Airlines (USA) exploded, creating a hole in the fuselage while the plane was in mid-air.

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The missing torso was later found in a teacher's backyard in Portland, Oregon.

The US aviation regulator on January 12 indefinitely extended the flight ban on the Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft for safety inspections and announced it would tighten supervision of Boeing's operations.

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