Jazz DH8C at Vancouver on Oct 31st 2014, a whoosh, smoke and sparks in cockpit

A Jazz de Havilland Dash 8-300, registration C-GNON performing flight QK-8099 from Vancouver,BC (Canada) to Seattle,WA (USA) with 54 people on board, was climbing through 8000 feet out of Vancouver when the crew heard a whoosh sound and noticed sparks and smoke from the terminal block of the right hand windshield. The crew turned the windshield heating off and returned to Vancouver for a safe landing.

The Canadian TSB reported maintenance found the left upper portion of the right hand windshield damaged, the windshield was replaced.

A replacement Dash 8-300 reached Seattle with a delay of 2 hours.