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(Reuters) -The Federal Aviation Administration will examine what went incorrect when the cockpit windshield of a Delta airplane shattered mid-air throughout a flight on Thursday to Washington, D.C., from Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah, a spokesperson mentioned on Saturday.
The Boeing (NYSE:) 757 made a secure emergency touchdown in Denver at round 11:35 a.m. on Thursday “after the crew declared an emergency as a consequence of a cracked windshield,” the Federal Aviation Administration spokesperson mentioned in an announcement.
A Delta spokesperson mentioned in an announcement that there had been a “upkeep challenge mid-flight” however didn’t elaborate.
“Out of an abundance of warning, the flight crew diverted into Denver and the airplane landed routinely. Our workforce labored shortly to accommodate clients on a brand new airplane, and we sincerely apologize for the delay and inconvenience to their journey plans,” the Delta spokesperson mentioned.
An individual who mentioned he was a passenger on the flight posted a photograph of the windshield to Twitter (NYSE:), which confirmed the glass shattered into tiny fragments however nonetheless held in place.
There have been 198 folks on the airplane, based on KUTV, which mentioned the passengers modified planes in Denver and resumed their journey to Ronald Reagan Nationwide Airport in Washington.
Passenger Rachel Wright informed the TV station that somebody got here on the loudspeaker about 90 minutes into the flight to say the windshield had shattered and they’d be touchdown in Denver in 10 minutes.
“I used to be positive I had misheard them, however I hadn’t,” Wright mentioned.
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