The Federal Aviation Administration will investigate what went wrong when the cockpit windshield of a Delta plane shattered mid-air during a flight on Thursday to Washington, D.C., from Salt Lake City, Utah.
The Boeing 757 made a safe emergency landing in Denver at around 11:35 a.m. on Thursday “after the crew declared an emergency due to a cracked windshield,” the Federal Aviation Administration spokesperson said in a statement.
A Delta spokesperson said in a statement that there had been a “maintenance issue mid-flight” but did not elaborate.
We were on our way to the ACC meeting when it was announced that we we would need to make an unplanned landing in Denver because the windscreen cracked. Apparently it was spontaneous. Fortunately, we landed safely and are about to get back in air. We are grateful for safe flights pic.twitter.com/lK6kq5UiY2
— Kirk Knowlton, MD (@KirkKnowlton) March 31, 2022
“Out of an abundance of caution, the flight crew diverted into Denver and the plane landed routinely. Our team worked quickly to accommodate customers on a new plane, and we sincerely apologize for the delay and inconvenience to their travel plans,” the Delta spokesperson said.