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American B777-200 over the Atlantic diverts to Boston

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American B772 over Atlantic had a cracked windshield  An American Airlines Boeing 777-200, registration N790AN performing flight AA-94 from New York JFK,NY (USA) to Madrid,SP (Spain), was enroute at FL370 over the Atlantic Ocean about 300nm east of Boston,MA (USA) when the crew decided to divert to Boston reporting a cracked windshield.  The aircraft turned around, descended to FL250 and landed safely on Boston's runway 22L about 70 minutes after turning around. A replacement Boeing 777-200 registration N788AN is estimated to depart Boston the following day about 19 hours after landing. The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Boston about 16.5 hours after landing. Massachusetts States Police reported the aircraft diverted due to a cracked windshield. The airline reported the aircraft diverted due to a "maintenance issue". Detailed flight information: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAL94/history/20240229/0045Z/KJFK/LEMD