B757-200
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Situational Awareness; Training / Qualification
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical
Flight Crew FLC complied w / Automation / Advisory; Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition; Flight Crew Returned To Departure Airport; General Declared Emergency; General Maintenance Action
Aircraft
On climbing to cruise altitude; an EICAS alert of RH Window overheat. Burn line appeared in RH forward windscreen; approximately 10 inches long and 1/4 inches wide. Within 30 seconds a loud pop occurred and the outer pain of that window shattered. Accomplished QRH checklist; pressurization normal. Declared an emergency and returned to the departure airport. Accomplished overweight land checklist and landed uneventful. Log book write-up made.
A B757 EICAS alerted RH WINDOW OVHT followed by the windshield outer pane cracking so an emergency was declared; the QRH completed; and the flight returned to the departure airport.