Narrative:

At FL330 in cruise flight, heard a loud bang and saw the captain's forward windscreen shattered. Immediately I asked toronto center for a descent to 10000 ft and simultaneously began slowing the aircraft. Went through the QRH procedure for 'cracked windscreen' in the ice and rain protection section. Called dispatch/maintenance through atlanta radio and discussed options. Elected to continue to montreal (approximately 120 NM). After leveling at 10000 ft and slowing to 220 KIAS, discussed the situation with montreal approach and elected to declare an emergency. The captain (PF at the time of incident) xferred the control to me. We flew an ILS to runway 6L at montreal for a normal landing. Crash fire rescue equipment personnel met us on the high speed taxiway and we requested an exterior inspection by the on-scene commander. Other than the captain's windscreen, the aircraft was normal. The crash fire rescue equipment commander and another vehicle escorted us to the gate. We blocked in and turned the aircraft over to maintenance. During descent, we elected to don oxygen/mask and smoke goggles in the event the windscreen might catastrophically fail in order to provide some protection to our face and eyes. We flew the last hour of flight in mask/goggles including approach and landing. Assistance from canadian ATC was outstanding! Toronto center, montreal approach, montreal tower and ground and airport crash fire rescue equipment personnel responded flawlessly. Active runway was changed from runway 24 to runway 6 and we made only a single 30 degree turn to intercept the localizer from the incident occurrence to final touchdown. WX, winds and alternative landing sites were continuously relayed to us by controllers as we approached the montreal airport. Please extend our thanks to those outstanding canadian professionals.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CAPT'S WINDSHIELD ON CARJ SHATTERS AT FL330. FLT CREW PERFORMS APPROPRIATE PROCS, DECLARES EMER AND LANDS SAFELY AT CYUL.

Narrative: AT FL330 IN CRUISE FLT, HEARD A LOUD BANG AND SAW THE CAPT'S FORWARD WINDSCREEN SHATTERED. IMMEDIATELY I ASKED TORONTO CTR FOR A DSCNT TO 10000 FT AND SIMULTANEOUSLY BEGAN SLOWING THE ACFT. WENT THROUGH THE QRH PROC FOR 'CRACKED WINDSCREEN' IN THE ICE AND RAIN PROTECTION SECTION. CALLED DISPATCH/MAINT THROUGH ATLANTA RADIO AND DISCUSSED OPTIONS. ELECTED TO CONTINUE TO MONTREAL (APPROX 120 NM). AFTER LEVELING AT 10000 FT AND SLOWING TO 220 KIAS, DISCUSSED THE SIT WITH MONTREAL APCH AND ELECTED TO DECLARE AN EMER. THE CAPT (PF AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT) XFERRED THE CTL TO ME. WE FLEW AN ILS TO RWY 6L AT MONTREAL FOR A NORMAL LNDG. CFR PERSONNEL MET US ON THE HIGH SPD TXWY AND WE REQUESTED AN EXTERIOR INSPECTION BY THE ON-SCENE COMMANDER. OTHER THAN THE CAPT'S WINDSCREEN, THE ACFT WAS NORMAL. THE CFR COMMANDER AND ANOTHER VEHICLE ESCORTED US TO THE GATE. WE BLOCKED IN AND TURNED THE ACFT OVER TO MAINT. DURING DSCNT, WE ELECTED TO DON OXYGEN/MASK AND SMOKE GOGGLES IN THE EVENT THE WINDSCREEN MIGHT CATASTROPHICALLY FAIL IN ORDER TO PROVIDE SOME PROTECTION TO OUR FACE AND EYES. WE FLEW THE LAST HR OF FLT IN MASK/GOGGLES INCLUDING APCH AND LNDG. ASSISTANCE FROM CANADIAN ATC WAS OUTSTANDING! TORONTO CTR, MONTREAL APCH, MONTREAL TWR AND GND AND ARPT CFR PERSONNEL RESPONDED FLAWLESSLY. ACTIVE RWY WAS CHANGED FROM RWY 24 TO RWY 6 AND WE MADE ONLY A SINGLE 30 DEG TURN TO INTERCEPT THE LOC FROM THE INCIDENT OCCURRENCE TO FINAL TOUCHDOWN. WX, WINDS AND ALTERNATIVE LNDG SITES WERE CONTINUOUSLY RELAYED TO US BY CTLRS AS WE APCHED THE MONTREAL ARPT. PLEASE EXTEND OUR THANKS TO THOSE OUTSTANDING CANADIAN PROFESSIONALS.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.