HONIARA (Pacnews) — Nauru’s Our Airline made an emergency landing at Honiara International Airport after its cockpit’s windscreen cracked.
The Boeing B737-300 was on a scheduled flight to Honiara when the incident happened. As a result the aircraft was grounded and spent three days at the Honiara Domestic Terminal to allow local engineers to assess the damaged windscreen.
Solomon Airlines engineering department’s general manager Brian Johnstone confirmed the incident adding that it was the worst damaged he has seen in his 20 years aviation career.
Solomon Airlines was involved in the assessment.
The aircraft was carrying passengers at that time and most of them have to be accommodated at Honiara hotels while waiting for the repair to be done. The delay in fixing the problem was because the windscreen and engineers had to be flown in from Australia.
“The B737-300 was grounded until a new windscreen and engineers were flown in on the Solomon Airlines’ Saturday flight. With the assistance of CAD, Patricks and Solomon Airlines’ support the aircraft was returned to service Sunday morning, the delays were compounded by an inoperative APU,” Johnstone said.
Our Airline is operating scheduled flights between Australia, Tarawa, Majuro, Nauru via Honiara.