Created Tuesday, Oct 18th 2022 12:38Z, last updated Tuesday, Oct 18th 2022 12:38Z
A United Boeing 737-900, registration N36469 performing flight UA-1049 from Cancun (Mexico) to Newark,NJ (USA), was enroute at FL310 about 150nm northeast of Cancun when the crew decided to return to Cancun due to a cracked right hand windshield. The aircraft landed safely back on Cancun's runway 12R about 70 minutes after departure.

A replacement Boeing 737-900 registration N69835 reached Newark with a delay of about 6 hours.

The occurrence aircraft returned to service about 18 hours after landing back.

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