An Island man says he had an unnerving experience after an object broke the outer pane of glass on his flight from Charlottetown to Montreal. Didn't want to alarm other passengersSmith says he kept the blind shut for the remainder of the flight, not wanting the break in the outer window pane to alarm his daughter or any of the other passengers. "It was really quite surprising, shocking, and really, really unnerving having that happen with my daughter sitting beside me like that," said Smith. A rare occurrenceIn a statement sent to the CBC, Jazz Aviation, which operated the flight for Air Canada Express confirms that a passenger on flight 8536 reported a broken outer window pane to a flight attendant. Jazz Aviation says maintenance inspected the plane and found no mechanical problems with the aircraft and no damage to the inner window pane.

Source: CBC News August 26, 2016 23:46 UTC