Passengers panic on Polish Airlines after window cracks mid-flight

A passenger on a Polish Airways flight has recorded the dramatic second a window cracked mid-flight, sending panic via the plane.

TikTok person Tristan, who was on-board a latest LOT Polish Airways flight from Warsaw, Poland to New York’s JFK Airport, launched footage of the incident.

It confirmed a window had cracked in a number of locations inflicting passengers within the row to scramble from their seats to security.

“Throwback to when our airplane window cracked on Polish Airways and everybody freaked tf out,” he captioned the latest clip which has since amassed 8.4 million views.

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Passengers on LOT Polish Airways panicked when a window cracked on their airplane.
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In keeping with unbiased aviation publication, Aviation Herald, the incident on board the Boeing 787-8 happened on August 20. It mentioned the airplane was “about 300km northeast of New York when one of many passenger home windows cracked”.

Footage reveals flight attendants asking passengers, with some heard screaming, to instantly take their seats whereas additionally informing the pilots.

In keeping with the publication, the plane safely landed in New York and was on the bottom for 5 hours earlier than endeavor its return flight to Warsaw.

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A spokesman for the airline mentioned the window’s outer layer was broken however its integrity was intact.
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A TikTok of the incident has gone viral with 8.4 million views.
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The window was additionally reportedly changed.

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner’s passenger home windows have electrical dim settings so home windows could be dimmed or ‘opened’ on the contact of a button moderately than having to open or shut a window shade manually.

A LOT Polish spokesperson mentioned the electro photochromic layer was broken, however that the tightness of the window was intact.

The spokesperson additionally mentioned there was no menace to passengers on board at any time, Forbes reported.

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The flight was from Warsaw to New York.
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It comes after one other passenger took to TikTok to share an identical expertise a few window on her flight additionally cracking mid-air.

Fortunately, she wasn’t really at risk, as most airplane home windows have two or three panes, so it was solely the inside pane that was damaged.

In keeping with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) rules, a window has to have the ability to face up to strain at the least 33 p.c better than the strain exterior. Meaning the window can face up to at the least one other 170kg of pressure.

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