Comair CRJ Diverts b/c of Cracked Windshield
09-20-2009, 11:03 AM
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Comair CRJ Diverts b/c of Cracked Windshield
Airplane with 37 passengers diverts to Birmingham airport after windshield cracked
By Kent Faulk -- The Birmingham News
September 20, 2009, 9:25AM
An airplane carrying 37 passengers had to make an emergency landing at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport this morning after its windshield cracked, an airport spokeswoman said.
Pilots on the Comair CRJ called in an emergency at 8:50 a.m., said Toni Bast, manager of public relations and marketing at the airport. The plane landed safely at 9 a.m., she said.
The plane had been in route from Cincinnati to New Orleans when it diverted to the airport, Bast said. No information was available on how the aircraft's windshield had cracked, she said.
UPDATE: Christine Wever, a spokeswoman for Comair said that another plane was being flown to Birmingham to pick up passengers and take them on to their destination.
Wever said that the crack was on a side window on the first officer's side of the airplane's cockpit. She did not know how the crack occurred.
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/09/...engers_di.html
By Kent Faulk -- The Birmingham News
September 20, 2009, 9:25AM
An airplane carrying 37 passengers had to make an emergency landing at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport this morning after its windshield cracked, an airport spokeswoman said.
Pilots on the Comair CRJ called in an emergency at 8:50 a.m., said Toni Bast, manager of public relations and marketing at the airport. The plane landed safely at 9 a.m., she said.
The plane had been in route from Cincinnati to New Orleans when it diverted to the airport, Bast said. No information was available on how the aircraft's windshield had cracked, she said.
UPDATE: Christine Wever, a spokeswoman for Comair said that another plane was being flown to Birmingham to pick up passengers and take them on to their destination.
Wever said that the crack was on a side window on the first officer's side of the airplane's cockpit. She did not know how the crack occurred.
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/09/...engers_di.html
09-20-2009, 11:30 AM
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Airplane with 37 passengers diverts to Birmingham airport after windshield cracked
By Kent Faulk -- The Birmingham News
Wever said that the crack was on a side window on the first officer's side of the airplane's cockpit. She did not know how the crack occurred.
Update: Airplane with 37 passengers diverts to Birmingham airport after windshield cracked | Breaking News from The Birmingham News - al.com
By Kent Faulk -- The Birmingham News
Wever said that the crack was on a side window on the first officer's side of the airplane's cockpit. She did not know how the crack occurred.
Update: Airplane with 37 passengers diverts to Birmingham airport after windshield cracked | Breaking News from The Birmingham News - al.com
09-20-2009, 06:28 PM
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Perhaps they could have flown below 13,000 feet and still taken the passengers to their destination? I don't know what the flight manual says in this instance. I'm just arm chair quarterbacking the pilots.
09-20-2009, 09:18 PM
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The CRJ QRH does not reference landing at the nearest suitable airport.
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09-20-2009, 09:45 PM
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It depends on which pane delaminated. If it was the inner, you need to get on the ground as soon as possible b/c the structural integrity comes from that layer.
The other layers would be at the PIC's discretion on continuing the flight. I hear it sounds like a gunshot when they go....
The other layers would be at the PIC's discretion on continuing the flight. I hear it sounds like a gunshot when they go....
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