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Flight attendant report regarding a B767-200 on which a cockpit windshield shattered about 35 mins after departure from zurich. Flight descended to 10000 ft and circled for 2 hours to burn fuel prior to landing in london.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 426709 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199901 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : zrh |
| State Reference | FO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B767-200 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Route In Use | enroute : atlantic |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| ASRS Report | 426709 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | Other |
Narrative:
No narrative supplied. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter states that the flight had been airborne for about 35 mins when she was notified of the shattered windshield. It was the entire left side of the captain's window. Decision was made to divert to london. The aircraft descended to 10000 ft and circled to burn fuel for about 2 hours before landing. Passenger were rerted to other flts. Apparently a heating element was broken.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLT ATTENDANT RPT REGARDING A B767-200 ON WHICH A COCKPIT WINDSHIELD SHATTERED ABOUT 35 MINS AFTER DEP FROM ZURICH. FLT DSNDED TO 10000 FT AND CIRCLED FOR 2 HRS TO BURN FUEL PRIOR TO LNDG IN LONDON.
Narrative: NO NARRATIVE SUPPLIED. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATES THAT THE FLT HAD BEEN AIRBORNE FOR ABOUT 35 MINS WHEN SHE WAS NOTIFIED OF THE SHATTERED WINDSHIELD. IT WAS THE ENTIRE L SIDE OF THE CAPT'S WINDOW. DECISION WAS MADE TO DIVERT TO LONDON. THE ACFT DSNDED TO 10000 FT AND CIRCLED TO BURN FUEL FOR ABOUT 2 HRS BEFORE LNDG. PAX WERE RERTED TO OTHER FLTS. APPARENTLY A HEATING ELEMENT WAS BROKEN.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.