Earlier this week, a Air Nostrum flight bound for Madrid suffered a cracked windshield in Munich.
Information has been released following this incident.
Here is what we know so far…
IB8715 – Munich to Madrid…
Air Nostrum was operating Iberia flight IB8715, which is a scheduled service between Munich and Madrid.
The aircraft involved in the incident was EC-LKF.
As per data from Planespotters.net, EC-LKF is a 13.4 year old Bombardier CRJ-1000 that was delivered to the operator in January 2011.
Of the CRJ-1000 variant, Air Nostrum has 25 in the fleet, of which all are in active service.
Furthermore, average fleet age for the variant at the operator stands at 8.6 years.
IB8715 departed Munich at 2017 local time on April 22 and initially climbed out towards Madrid.
Over the Gauting area, the aircraft made a single hold and then u-turn back to MUC.
The aircraft landed safely without incident at 2050 local time, over 30 minutes after departure.
As per The Aviation Herald, the aircraft suffered a cracked windshield in the cockpit.
Aircraft Grounded Following the Incident…
Data from RadarBox shows that EC-LKF is still grounded in Munich at the time of writing (23/4/24 @ 1930 UK time).
It is unclear when the Air Nostrum CRJ1000 will be allowed to return back to Madrid.
Furthermore, it could take longer to fix depending on the severity of the crack, and access to parts in the German airport.
All eyes will be on when the aircraft will be allowed to re-enter commercial service.
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