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on the evening of october 4, some netizens said that the air china flight ca4578 from hangzhou xiaoshan airport to chongqing jiangbei airport that they took that night returned midway, and after getting off the plane, they discovered that the windshield on one side of the aircraft cab was cracked.

▲a passenger photographed the cracked windshield in the cab of flight ca4578 on the evening of the 4th (photo source: photo provided by the interviewee)

on the 5th, red star news learned from many passengers who took the flight that after the plane returned to the bridge and docked, they did see a suspected crack in the windshield on one side of the plane during the process of getting off the plane. after checking the flight information, customer service staff from hangzhou xiaoshan airport and air china both said that the flight returned due to "airline reasons", but the specific reason for the return could not be confirmed.

red star news reporters saw from information provided by aviation travel apps such as feichangzhun and hanglvzongheng that air china flight ca4578 from hangzhou xiaoshan airport to chongqing jiangbei airport on the evening of the 4th was scheduled to take off at 7:35 that night, but it actually took off at 8:35 p.m. it took off at 0.00pm, but happened to return to hangzhou xiaoshan airport midway. the return flight landed at xiaoshan airport around 9:15. subsequently, the flight took off after changing planes around 12:00, and arrived at chongqing jiangbei airport at 2:01 a.m. on the 5th.

▲air travel application information shows that the flight returned midway

information provided by aviation travel apps showed that the flight was carried out by a boeing 787 aircraft. after returning, air china replaced it with an airbus a330 aircraft to carry out the flight.

on the 5th, a passenger who took flight ca4578 on the evening of the 4th told red star news that about half an hour after the plane took off that day, the flight attendant informed the passengers that the plane needed to return due to mechanical failure. "i didn't feel any obvious turbulence during the process, but after getting off the plane, i saw a large area of ​​cracks on the windshield on the cab side of the aircraft. the contrast with the good windshield side next to it was obvious."

another passenger who took the flight also told red star news that after the plane returned to xiaoshan airport, some passengers chose not to take the replacement plane, but chose other modes of transportation such as high-speed rail. “it’s still a bit scary. after returning, the plane was parked on the bridge, and when we got off the plane, we could clearly see the cracks in the windshield outside the cockpit.”

on the morning of the 5th, red star news contacted a staff member at hangzhou xiaoshan airport. the staff member said that they were indeed able to find information on the return of ca4578 on the evening of the 4th. the reason for the return was "airline reasons." an air china customer service staff also said that it was indeed air china's fault that caused the plane to return, and the passengers arrived on a subsequent replacement plane. however, as to whether the plane returned due to cracks in the windshield, both staff members said they could not find relevant information.

a maintenance staff member of a large domestic airline said in an interview with red star news on the 5th that when passengers see cracks in the aircraft windshield, they will think of the previous situation where the "chinese captain" encountered the aircraft windshield falling off, but in fact the entire windshield fell off in the probability of appearing on modern large passenger aircraft is very low. however, cracks in the windshield occasionally occur when subjected to bird strikes and other situations. it is worth noting that the windshield of an aircraft is generally composed of many layers. it is strong and will not fall off all at once. if it cracks, it will not be dangerous if you land in time. moreover, it must be replaced after landing, and a series of safety inspections can be carried out. keep flying.