Passenger on Wizz Air flight across Europe SHOCKED after discovering cracks across window

It's the last thing anyone would want to see on a plane. But a woman who boarded a Wizz Air flight to Romania found a cracked window in ...

It's the last thing anyone would want to see on a plane.

But a woman who boarded a Wizz Air flight to Romania found a cracked window in the row behind her.

Ana Savin, 39, was flying from Luton Airport to Bacău Airport on August 28.

When she boarded the plane, Ana noticed that the window in the row behind her was completely cracked.

And a video she shared shows the window being temporarily secured with tape.

According to Ana, some passengers panicked, concerned about how the broken window might affect their safety during the flight.

The Wizz Air flight was delayed for nearly four hours, although it is unclear how much of the delay was due to the window issue.

Ana, who lives in in London, said: 'The crew said it was a "technical problem in the cabin" that caused the nearly four hour delay.

'The window was already broken when we got on, so it's not clear how it happened, and none of the staff ever gave a clear explanation.' 

A Wizz Air spokesperson said: 'Wizz Air reconfirms that the safety of the passengers, crew and aircraft is the company's main priority.

'Although for some it may look like something concerning, in fact, the aircraft windows are made of multiple layers for safety reasons.

'The interior layer only has a decorative role while the outer layers are composed of special toughened material.

'Thus, the damaged pane that appears in the video didn’t affect the safety of the passengers or of the aircraft during the flight in any way.

'The respective pane had been replaced on the same day.'

It comes after a travel expert warned holidaymakers to avoid one common plane freebie - the blankets.

Despite how appealing the blankets may seem, Busbud CEO, LP Maurice, who has worked with industrial laundry managers, says they may not actually be clean. 

However, there's a way to tell. 

Maurice told Fodors Travel: 'On a typical long-haul turn, the linen carts roll straight off the aircraft and go to a contractor that washes at 60°C - 90°C with peroxide, dries on high heat, and shrink‑wraps each blanket or pillowcase.

'When you see a tight plastic envelope on your seat, it usually means that the item came off a wash line earlier that day.

'However, if the preceding flight landed late and the aircraft is turning in 25 minutes, crews will keep any blanket that looks unused.

'They fold it, place it back on the seat, and hope the next traveller does not notice.' 

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