An Aeromexico Boeing 787-8 carrying influencers, artists and Mexican television presenters turned back to Mexico City on Sunday after the crew reported a windshield failure in the cockpit on flight AM 090, an itinerary bound for Seúl, Corea del Sur with a technical stop planned in Monterrey.
The aircraft returned to the Aeropuerto Internacional de la Ciudad de México as a safety measure after the damage was detected in the glass, and it landed without injuries or major incidents. The alert came after the scheduled stop in Monterrey and after about nueve horas of total flight time from the start of the route, according to people on board who later described the moment the captain announced the problem.
María Luisa Valdés said the announcement caught passengers off guard while dinner service was being served. “Nos cambian de avión porque se rompió el parabrisas (...) Ya estábamos cenando y tómala, que se rompe el parabrisas, ahora a cambiarnos. Y todo lleno de influencers,” she said, capturing the mix of surprise and frustration in the cabin as the crew told passengers that one of the cockpit windows had broken.
The flight had been operating as a long-haul international trip from Mexico toward Asia, with Monterrey set as a technical stop before the final leg. That made the return more than a routine delay: the crew had to interrupt a trans-Pacific itinerary, activate return protocols to the AICM and change aircraft for everyone on board, including Kunno, Celia Lora, Nacho Casano, Daniela Alexis, known as La Bebeshita, and Wendy Guevara.
Daniela Alexis said she was afraid when she heard the pilot’s alert message about the technical failure and the need for an emergency landing, while Wendy Guevara later reported that boarding on a replacement aircraft was rescheduled. The public profile of several passengers helped turn an otherwise technical safety decision into a widely watched scene, but the central fact remained the same: the crew spotted damage in the cockpit windshield at altitude and brought the plane back before the problem could become something worse.
