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Cracked cockpit window on Boeing 737-800 forces flight to turn back in Japan — as 171 Boeing Max 9s are grounded indefinitely by aviation regulator in U.S.


A domestic flight operated by Japanese carrier All Nippon Airways (ANA) returned to its departure airport on Saturday after a crack was found in a window in the cockpit of the Boeing 737-800 plane, the airline said Monday.

A domestic flight operated by Japanese carrier All Nippon Airways (ANA) returned to its departure airport on Saturday after a crack was found in a window in the cockpit of the Boeing 737-800 plane, the airline said Monday. But the company’s record is once again under scrutiny after a shocking mid-air incident earlier this month on a different model of the aircraft, the 737 Max 9. On January 5, a door plug on an Alaska Airlines flight blew open mid-flight, leaving a refrigerator-sized hole in the fuselage.

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