This photo taken on May 14, 2018 shows employees checking a Sichuan Airlines Airbus A319 after an emergency landing, as a broken cockpit window (L) is covered, in Chengdu in Chinas northwestern Sichuan province.The pilot who made an emergency landing in southwest China after a broken cockpit window sucked his co-pilot halfway out of the aircraft was hailed as a hero on May 15 by astonished citizens. All 128 people aboard the Airbus A319 of Sichuan Airlines survived the ordeal. / AFP PHOTO / - / China OUT
HONG KONG: Chinese authorities and Airbus are investigating why a plane’s windshield blew out midflight, forcing an emergency landing after an unusual mishap for a country with an exemplary air safety record.
Sichuan Airlines flight 8633 was en route from Chongqing, China, to Lhasa, Tibet, on Monday morning when the A319 jet’s cockpit window jet flew off, the country’s aviation regulator said.
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