Cathay Pacific Plane – SOURCE : Cathay Pacific

Cathay Pacific flight CX-735 on route from Hong Kong to Singapore was forced to turn around 15 minutes after takeoff earlier this week when the pilot discovered cracks on the windshield of the cockpit.

According to media reports the pilot made the decision to turn the plane around that was carry a full load of 311 passengers and landed safely back at Hong Kong International Airport about 30 minutes later.

No one was injured in the incident and passengers on the aircraft were transferred to another Singapore bound flight that departed around 4pm.