KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Southwest Airlines jet was forced to make an emergency landing at KCI Wednesday night. The Boeing 737's windshield broke mid-flight after taking off from Washington D.C.'s Reagan National Airport. Two WWII veterans being recognized in Leavenworth this week were on board (www.kmbc.com) 기타...
Here is the flight: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SWA718/history/20181128/2150Z/KDCA/KMCI
Flight profile doesn't look much different than the one the previous Friday. When did it crack? Was it on descent, or did it not rise to a critical level? Local Fox Station reported landing with no emergency declared: https://fox4kc.com/2018/11/28/southwest-airlines-lands-at-kci-with-broken-windshield/ Another local station with video. MX staff with extra workload. SWA 718 went on to KHOU with another bird: https://www.kctv5.com/news/flight-landed-in-kci-with-a-broken-windshield/article_6ca4231a-f36f-11e8-97c7-cff80a8d02bf.html
Flew out of Washington National alot decades ago. Lots of birds on the field due to close proximity of Potomac River. They used to fire off loud gun-like blasts to scare the birds off. I believe a goose in the engine might be worse than one on the windshield. Glad all landed well.
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https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SWA718/history/20181128/2150Z/KDCA/KMCI
Flight profile doesn't look much different than the one the previous Friday.
When did it crack? Was it on descent, or did it not rise to a critical level?
Local Fox Station reported landing with no emergency declared:
https://fox4kc.com/2018/11/28/southwest-airlines-lands-at-kci-with-broken-windshield/
Another local station with video. MX staff with extra workload. SWA 718 went on to KHOU with another bird:
https://www.kctv5.com/news/flight-landed-in-kci-with-a-broken-windshield/article_6ca4231a-f36f-11e8-97c7-cff80a8d02bf.html