Capital Airlines Flight Turns Around in China After Cracks Appear in Window

Capital Airlines Flight Turns Around in China After Cracks Appear in Window
A Beijing Capital Airlines Airbus A320-200 aircraft takes off from the Sanya Phoenix International Airport in Hainan province, China April 29, 2013. Reuters/Stringer
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SHANGHAI — A Capital Airlines flight from China to Vietnam was forced to turn around after cracks appeared in a window, Chinese state media reported on Wednesday.

Flight JD421 from the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou to Nha Trang on Vietnam’s coast turned back one hour into the journey on Tuesday afternoon, China’s state mouthpiece Xinhua said.