B757-200
Workload; Distraction
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged; Flight Crew Returned To Departure Airport; General Flight Cancelled / Delayed; General Declared Emergency; General Maintenance Action
Aircraft
Upon climb out; right front First Officer window malfunction prior to oceanic airways entry at FL300. Sudden window cracking at FL300 along with a loud bang. QRH procedures were applied; emergency declared and worked with ATC to return to the departure airport. Flight attendants; OCC and Ops were advised as well as passengers. Made an overweight landing; with emergency vehicles standing by. Landing was normal; taxi in to gate normal followed by report from fire rescue that brake temps were not excessively high. Local Maintenance arrived at the gate and were briefed; logbook entries made and OCC was contacted. The flight was canceled and we deadheaded back to PHL the next day.
We declared an emergency and received a clearance back to our departure airport with a descent to 10;000 FT. We applied the appropriate QRH procedures (including that for an overweight landing). We notified OCC; briefed the flight attendants; and advised the passengers. We landed uneventfully on Runway 24 with emergency vehicles standing by. On arrival; I had a conference call with OCC; MOC; and the Tech Rep from Airport Aerospace. I made logbook entries for the damaged window and an overweight landing. The flight was canceled and the passengers deplaned.
A B757-200 right cockpit window cracked with a loud bang so an emergency was declared and the flight returned to the departure.