Jet makes emergency landing in Azerbaijan
BAKU - A Vietnam Airlines jet with 307 people on board made an emergency landing at the main airport in Azerbaijan's capital, Baku, after suffering a cracked windshield, officials said. Nobody was hurt.
An airport official who declined to give his name said the Boeing 777 was en route from Paris to Hanoi when the crew decided to land because of a cracked windshield - the third time in less than two weeks that officials in Azerbaijan have cited a cracked windshield as the reason for an emergency landing in Baku.
There were 290 passengers and 17 crew members aboard the plane, the official said.
An Air Slovakia Boeing 757 on a flight from India to Slovakia made an emergency landing at the airport Jan. 5, and a Russian Tu-134 made an emergency landing there last week.
The Associated Press - January 15, 2007.
Vietnam Airlines to compensate passengers stranded in Azerbaijan
Vietnam Airlines announced it would pay compensation to passengers stranded in Azerbaijan on Tuesday after an aircraft cracked a windshield.
The Boeing 777, with 290 passengers on board, was en route from Paris to Hanoi Monday when the crew made an unscheduled landing in the Azerbaijan capital Baku because of the cracked windshield.
The carrier dispatched another plane to Baku to bring the stranded passengers to Hanoi. It arrived in Noi Bai airport Wednesday afternoon.
By Xuan Toan - Thanh Nien Daily - January 17, 2007.
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