Boeing 737-800 aircraft makes emergency landing in Japan due to cockpit window crack
flight landed safely with 59 passengers and six crew onboard. "The crack was not something that affected the flight's control or pressurization," the ANA spokesperson said. The incident comes as Boeing is facing increased scrutiny after the cabin panel detached mid-air from a new Alaska Airlines aircraft last week.
The US Federal Aviation Administration decided to temporarily ground some Boeing 737 Max 9 airplanes. While Japan's All Nippon Airways aircraft doesn't belong to the same category, the incident deepens the questions about the safety of the aircraft manufactured by the global aviation giant. The aviation regulator of the United States has extended the grounding of Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft for new safety checks and said that the oversight of Boeing aircraft is going to be tightened in the future.
The aircraft lost a section of its fuselage during the incident but managed to make a safe landing at the departure city, Portland. All 177 people onboard Boeing 737 Max 9 were reported to be safe. The indefinite extension of grounding comes as the transport body of the US informed that the Alaska Airlines plane reported issues days before the mid-air blowout.
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