A passenger plane has returned to its departure airport in Japan after a crack was found on the cockpit window of the Boeing 737-800 aircraft mid-air. Boeing plane returns to Japan airport after cockpit window cracks:
All Nippon Airways Flight 1182 was on a domestic journey heading to Toyama airport but then headed back to the Sapporo-New Chitose
The crack was found on the outermost of four layers of windows surrounding the cockpit, a spokesperson for the Japanese airline said.
"The crack was not something that affected the flight's control or pressurisation," the spokesperson said.
No injuries were reported among 59 passengers and six crew, the spokesperson added.
Boeing has come under scrutiny after a 737 MAX 9 airplane operated by Alaska Airlines was forced to an emergency landing after a cabin panel broke off in mid-flight on 5 January.
Six crew members were seriously injured after it tore off around six minutes into the flight to Ontario, California.
