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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Queen of belgium s plane forced to make emergency landing after cockpit windshield cracks - You Need To See This

Boeing Belgium Mathilde Costa Rica KLM Amsterdam San Jose KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Unicef

Queen Mathilde was on a KLM flight that made an emergency landing in Costa Rica after damage to the cockpit windshield - (X/@fl360aero/Shutterstock)

A KLM flight carrying the Queen of Belgium was forced to make an emergency landing after a crack appeared in the the plane’s cockpit windshield.

Queen Mathilde was on a 11-hour flight from Amsterdam to San Jose in Costa Rica for a three-day trip organised by Unicef when the damage to the Boeing 787-9 occurred.

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