Video: LATAM A321 returns due to cracked windshields at 20.000 feet

SAO PAULO — On Nov. 20 - A LATAM Airbus A321 had to return to the Sao Paulo International Airport after having cracks on cockpit windshields. 

The aircraft was operating LATAM flight LA3304 from Sao Paulo to Belem with 178 passengers and seven crew members on board. The A321 with registration PTMXB was climbing around bad weather when the incident happened. The pilots stopped climbing at 20,000 feet after both windshields cracked.

The A321 made a safe landing at 13:32 local time, around 48 minutes after departure.#

Imagens dos vidros dianteiros trincados do Airbus A321-200 da @LATAM_BRA (PT-MXB), após a aeronave ter sido atingida por granizo, na última terça-feira, após decolar de São Paulo (GRU).

Vídeo compartilhado em grupos de aviação. pic.twitter.com/5TrkquKRnq

— Portão 1 (@portaoum) November 20, 2020