A KLM flight to Brazil from the Netherlands faced big scare mid-air on its journey when the windshield cracked and forced the plane to return to its departure point. It took four hours and 40 minutes for the plane to reach back to its source. While the plane was flying over the Atlantic Ocean, the windshield's outer pane cracked with a loud sound. Passengers of the plane were then shifted to another aircraft, which eventually reached Rio de Janeiro. Mid-air chaosAccording to a report by The Independent, there are three layers on a cockpit windshield and it consists of "a glass outer pane, a plastic middle pane, and a glass inner pane."

Source: dna December 31, 2020 01:52 UTC