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A domestic All Nippon Airways (ANA) flight in Japan has returned to its departure airport after a crack was reported on the cockpit window during the flight.
The crack appeared in the outermost of the four layers of window surrounding the cockpit.
There were no injuries to anyone on board.
ANA flight NH1182 was flying from the city of Sapporo in Hokkaido to Toyama, on Japan's main island, Honshu.
The plane, a Boeing 737, landed back at Sapporo's New Chitose airport at around 12:10 local time (3:10 GMT).
A spokesperson for ANA, Japan's largest carrier, said that the crack had been found as the flight passed over Hakodate.
"The crack was not something that affected the flight's control or pressurisation," the spokesperson said.
The plane headed back to the airport where a safe landing was carried out.
A domestic All Nippon Airways (ANA) flight in Japan has returned to its departure airport after a crack was reported on the cockpit window during the flight.
The crack appeared in the outermost of the four layers of window surrounding the cockpit.
There were no injuries to anyone on board.
ANA flight NH1182 was flying from the city of Sapporo in Hokkaido to Toyama, on Japan's main island, Honshu.
The plane, a Boeing 737, landed back at Sapporo's New Chitose airport at around 12:10 local time (3:10 GMT).
A spokesperson for ANA, Japan's largest carrier, said that the crack had been found as the flight passed over Hakodate.
"The crack was not something that affected the flight's control or pressurisation," the spokesperson said.
The plane headed back to the airport where a safe landing was carried out.
Cockpit window crack forces ANA Boeing flight in Japan to turn back
The domestic flight in Japan landed safely after the crack appeared, the airline says.
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