An ANA / All Nippon Airways Boeing 787-8, with the registration JA823A performing flight NH-232 (which departed on the 22nd June) from Brussels, Belgium to Tokyo Narita, Japan. The aircraft had 162 people on board and was en route at FL350 about 340nm east of Helsinki (Finland) in Russian Airspace when the crew initiated an emergency descent due to a left hand cracked windscreen. The aircraft levelled off at FL100 about 8 minutes after leaving FL350, turned around and diverted to Helsinki where the aircraft landed safely on runway 22L about 90 minutes after leaving FL350.
© Aleksi Hämäläinen
©Alec@B92