Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 153; Flight Crew Total 17200; Flight Crew Type 5853
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged; Flight Crew Returned To Departure Airport; General Maintenance Action; General Flight Cancelled / Delayed
Aircraft
Climbing out of 14;000 ft. we heard a loud bang. While investigating what it was there was a second bang and this time I saw glass shards coming off window 3L and saw the windows inner pane had completely shattered.  We leveled off at 16;000 ft. assessed the situation and decided to turn to ZZZ. Dispatch was notified and with no pressurization; controllability; or overweight landing issues no emergency was declared. Approach and landing were uneventful.
Captain reported cockpit window 3L shattered during climb and elected to perform an air turn back to a safe precautionary landing.