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Old 18th November 2006 | 21:19
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Rainboe
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We can do without the exclamation marks!!!! It's hardly a big event. A windscreen is a complex structure made up usually of about 2 or 3 layers of reinforced glass with several plastic laminate sheets for bonding and shock absorption, and gold mesh inserts for electrical heating. Most aeroplanes have some sort of delamination going on around the edges, with air appearing in the layers. A glass section shattering/cracking is not unusual, even to the extent of being opaque. The rest of the screen is more than strong enough to absorb full pressure differential. Not a problem at all, though in cases like this, a return to main base would be the most useful outcome.
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