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Shattered Cockpit Window Flight Diversion

Type: story
Participants: Randal Schwartz
Location: Los Angeles, San Francisco

  • Shattered Cockpit Window Flight Diversion

  • A Travel anecdote about an emergency flight diversion caused by a shattered cockpit window.

  • The shattered glass

    • Following a news report of a United flight suffering a smashed-out pilot window from a weather balloon, I was reminded of a flight I took years ago.
    • I was flying from LAX (Los Angeles) to PDX (Portland) when our aircraft was forced to immediately divert to SFO (San Francisco) because the right-pilot-seat window shattered mid-flight.
    • I am not entirely sure whether the flight was operated by Alaska Airlines or Delta Air Lines, but it was one of the two.
These facts are as Randal recalls them, but much time has passed for most of this. If you find a factual error, please email realmerlyn@gmail.com.