Cockpit Windshield Breaks Off Sichuan Airlines Jet in China

Cockpit Windshield Breaks Off Sichuan Airlines Jet in China
A Sichuan Airlines A320 jet inside a hangar at the Airbus Tianjin factory in Tianjin City, northern China on April 21, 2009. Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images
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SHANGHAI—A Sichuan Airlines flight made an emergency landing in the southwest Chinese city of Chengdu on May 14 after a windshield on the right side of the jet’s cockpit broke off, China’s aviation authority said.

No passengers were injured in the incident but the pilot sitting in the right seat, who is usually the first officer, suffered scratches and a waist sprain, the Civil Aviation Administration of China’s (CAAC) Southwest Regional Administration said on its website.