A Boeing 737 plane in Japan was forced to return to its point of departure on Saturday after a crack appeared in the window of the plane’s cockpit.
The All Nippon Airways (ANA) domestic flight had left the city of Sapporo en route to Toyama, before turning around for a landing. No one onboard was injured, a spokesperson for the airline said.
John Strickland, an expert aviation consultant said that although the crack was in the outermost of the four-layered window, such cracks “can be pretty dangerous if not fixed,” according to the BBC.
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“ANA can confirm that flight NH1182 experienced a crack on one of the outermost of the four layers of the cockpit window and the plane returned safely to Sapporo,” the company said in a statement.
“During the flight the cabin pressure of the Boeing 737-800 aircraft was normal and the landing was made under normal conditions. The safety of our passengers and flight crew is our priority and we apologize for the inconvenience.”
This comes after a Boeing 737 Max 9 door panel blew off of an Alaska Airlines flight that was departing from Portland Oregon.
On Friday, the FAA extended the grounding of Boeing 737 Max 9 planes indefinitely.
Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to correct that the incident did not involve a Boeing 737 MAX 9, and the plane did not make an emergency landing.
