NEW DELHI: An Air India Dreamliner windshield cracked while landing in Australia, an airline official said yesterday, the latest in a string of mishaps the aircraft has suffered in recent times.
The Delhi-Melbourne-Sydney-Delhi flight, carrying 74 passengers, developed a crack late on Sunday while landing in Melbourne city, Air India spokesman Praveen Bhatnagar told AFP yesterday. “The cockpit windscreen developed a crack while landing. It was a small incident. The windscreen has already been replaced,” said Bhatnagar, adding that there was no risk to the safety of passengers.
While all passengers were transferred on Sunday to another flight to Delhi, Air India flew in a new windshield from India to replace the cracked one. The Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet has recently been suffering technical glitches, including an incident where the fuselage panel of a jet fell off last month while landing in Bangalore. AFP
