Shattered cockpit window forces Gulf Air diversion
by ASC Staff on Jul 21, 2010
A Gulf Air plane made an emergency landing in Beirut late on Tuesday evening after the glass in the right side window of the cockpit shattered, Lebanon's National News Agency (NNA) reported.
The captain of the plane, which was en route from Athens to Bahrain, asked Beirut air traffic control chiefs for permission to make an emergency at the Beirut Rafik Hariri International Airport, the agency said.
Gulf Air flight number 042, which was carrying 101 passengers, landed safely at the 9.43pm, it added.
The Airbus 319 plane was at 36,000ft elevation when its captain decided to make the emergency landing, according to NNA.
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ASC