The incident occurred in the cockpit of a Russian company aircraft flying to Thailand

The windshield cracked in the cockpit of the Russian charter airline Azur Air right during the flight to Phuket. The plane with 334 passengers on board urgently returned to Moscow 3 hours after departure. This was reported by the Shot telegram channel.

According to TC, the Boeing 767-300 of Azur Air took off from Vnukovo late the night before. After about an hour and a half, the board turned around in the sky over the Samara region and flew in the opposite direction — the windshield in the cockpit of the pilots burst at the airliner.

"The crew did not send a distress signal and safely boarded Vnukovo," the airline's press service said.

After 3 hours, the passengers were sent to Thailand on a reserve flight.