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by Reason077 242 days ago
The laminated glass did not fully break. It appears only the inner layer shattered, and cabin pressure was not lost.

It has happened before that cockpit windows have failed at altitude resulting in explosive decompression, and the plane still landed successfully. For example, British Airways Flight 5390:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways_Flight_5390

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Hm, has something been done about the "cannot hear the radio" problem since then?