Block of ice shatters windscreen of British Airways aircraft at 35,000 feet, passengers escape unhurt

A block of ice shattered the windscreen of a British Airways plane at 35,000 feet. The passengers, on the other hand, escaped unhurt.

A British Airways aircraft carrying around 200 holiday travellers from London survived a mid-air scare after a lump of ice from a jet 1,000 feet above it smashed into the plane at 35,000 feet that left its windscreen cracked, according to media reports.

The Boeing 777 aircraft cruising at 35,000 feet was making the journey from London Gatwick to San Jose in Costa Rica on Christmas Day when the freak accident took place.