Cockpit windshield cracks during flight on Idaho governor’s twin-engine state plane
By APFriday, October 9, 2009
Idaho governor’s plane damaged on in-state trip
BOISE, Idaho — Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter was aboard a twin-engine state plane when one of the outer windshields of the cockpit cracked.
Otter told a group in southeast Idaho during a speech about the state’s economy that a second, inner windshield remained intact after the incident Friday morning, the Idaho State Journal reported.
Otter spokesman Jon Hanian says pilots have concluded it malfunctioned due to its age.
The plane was built in 1979 and acquired by the state after the U.S. military no longer needed it.
Hanian says pilots don’t consider the damage a safety issue and plan to return to Boise with the governor aboard after he concludes his business. Hanian says the plane will fly at a lower altitude.
