New incident on a Boeing 737: a plane turns around after discovering a crack in the cockpit window

The discovery of a crack in a window forced the plane to turn around. MAXPPP ILLUSTRATION

The manufacturer is already in turmoil in the United States, where the door of an aircraft came loose in mid-flight.

An All Nippon Airways (ANA) Boeing 737-800, carrying out a domestic flight in Japan, returned to its starting point this Saturday, January 13 after the discovery of a plane. a crack on the cockpit window, a Japanese airline spokesperson said.

Flight 1182 was heading to Toyama Airport but turned around to return to Sapporo-New Chitose Airport after a crack was identified on the outermost part of the four layers of windows surrounding the cockpit, the spokesperson said, adding that there were no injuries among the 59 passengers and six members crew. "The crack did not affect the control or pressurization of the device," he added.

All 737 MAX 9s grounded

The FAA (Federal Aviation Administration), the American aviation regulatory authority, decided this Friday, January 12 to extend the ground immobilization sine die Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft to carry out new safety checks and announced its intention to strengthen surveillance of the aeronautical group itself.

At the beginning of the week, a fuselage part of a Boeing 737 MAX 9, operated by Alaska Airlines ALK.N, came off in mid-flight, forcing the ;#39;crew to turn back. 

The plane had to land in an emergency and no one was injured, but several passengers filed a complaint against the manufacturer, who recognized a &quot ;error".