Overwater A300 windshield shattered during cruise. Flight crew declared an emergency; exited the air...

Attributes
ACN	780845
Time
Date	200803
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	msl single value : 33000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zzz.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise : level ground : maintenance
Route In Use	enroute : atlantic
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
ASRS Report	780845
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : exited adverse environment flight crew : declared emergency
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

During cruise; first officer's forward windshield shattered. Pan; pan; pan to commercial radio but told to stand by. Declared emergency; turned off airway; descended to FL250 as per procedure. Transmitted on center frequency and was contacted by center shortly thereafter.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: OVERWATER A300 WINDSHIELD SHATTERED DURING CRUISE. FLT CREW DECLARED AN EMER; EXITED THE AIRWAY; AND DESCENDED.

Narrative: DURING CRUISE; FO'S FORWARD WINDSHIELD SHATTERED. PAN; PAN; PAN TO COMMERCIAL RADIO BUT TOLD TO STAND BY. DECLARED EMER; TURNED OFF AIRWAY; DSNDED TO FL250 AS PER PROC. XMITTED ON CTR FREQ AND WAS CONTACTED BY CTR SHORTLY THEREAFTER.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 2009 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.

Overwater A300 windshield shattered during cruise. Flight crew declared an emergency; exited the airway; and descended.