Japanese domestic flight returns to airport with crack in cockpit window

An All Nippon Airways domestic flight turned back to Japan’s northern airport of Sapporo on Saturday after a crack was found in a cockpit window (Kyodo News/AP)

An All Nippon Airways domestic flight turned back to Japan’s northern airport of Sapporo after a crack was found in one of the cockpit windows, according to the airline and media reports.

ANA Flight 1182 was en route to Toyama airport in central Japan on Saturday but had to return to the New Chitose airport for repairs, the airline said.