Tokyo-bound Singapore Airliines flight diverted to Taipei due to mid-flight cracked windshield

There were 249 passengers and 17 crew members on board the Boeing 777-300ER. - ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): A Singapore Airlines (SIA) flight that was headed to Tokyo on Oct 27 was diverted to Taipei, after a cracked windshield that occurred mid-flight.

An SIA spokesperson said flight SQ636 “landed uneventfully” at Taiwan’s Taoyuan International Airport at around 4am on Oct 28.