TOKYO: A domestic flight of Japan's All Nippon Airways returned to its departure airport on Saturday (Jan 13) after a crack was found on the cockpit window of the Boeing 737-800 aircraft midair, a spokesperson for the airline said. Flight 1182 was en route to Toyama airport but headed back to the Sapporo-N
This is just the typical news cycle that happens after a large scale aviation incident gets swept up by the public.
Things break on airplanes all of the time, that’s why there are redundancies built into aircraft.
From the article: “The crack was not something that affected the flight’s control or pressurisation,” the ANA spokesperson said.
The pilots identified an issue with the plane, and landed safely, the problem gets fixed and everyone moves on.
Every single airline MELs equipment on tons of flights and defer maintenance to heavy checks all of the time. It’s unlikely you have flown on a plane where every single component on the plane was in perfect working order. Even coming out of heavy checks, things get deferred due to parts availability and time constraints.
This is just the typical news cycle that happens after a large scale aviation incident gets swept up by the public.
Things break on airplanes all of the time, that’s why there are redundancies built into aircraft.
From the article: “The crack was not something that affected the flight’s control or pressurisation,” the ANA spokesperson said.
The pilots identified an issue with the plane, and landed safely, the problem gets fixed and everyone moves on.
Every single airline MELs equipment on tons of flights and defer maintenance to heavy checks all of the time. It’s unlikely you have flown on a plane where every single component on the plane was in perfect working order. Even coming out of heavy checks, things get deferred due to parts availability and time constraints.