Incident: Denim Air F50 near Oristano on Sep 13th 2010, cracked windshield

A Denim Air Fokker 50 on behalf of FlyOristano, registration PH-JXK performing flight DNM-114 from Oristano to Rome Fiumicino (Italy), returned to Oristano after the first officer's windshield cracked. The airplane landed safely.

The airline had to cancel all further flights between Sardinia and mainland Italy. 24 passengers waiting in Rome for the return flight DNM-115 were booked onto a Meridiana flight to Cagliari 92km from Oristano and then transferred by bus. They reached Oristano with a delay of 3 hours.

Passengers complained that they were asked to pay the tickets to Cagliari upfront and were promised to be reimbursed after arrival in Oristano. Only after strong protests by the passengers FlyOristano was ready to settle the tickets directly with Meridiana.

Escludendo il piccolo incidente c'è da notare che il fattore di riempimento per flyoristano è cresciuto da 0 a 24.