The plane was carrying 166 passengers and seven crew members.

In another flight on the verge of disaster, a United Airlines flight was diverted after a cracked windshield was discovered on a 737-800 Boeing aircraft on Sunday. new york post. United Airlines Flight 1627 was en route from Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada to Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C., when it made a sharp turn and came to an unexpected stop, as can be seen from the route tracked by Flight Aware out.

The Federal Aviation Administration said the plane, carrying 166 passengers and seven crew members, landed safely at Denver International Airport and the passengers were able to disembark normally. The U.S. agency said the plane “landed safely at Denver International Airport in Colorado after being diverted due to a cracked windshield.”

The airline confirmed this as well, telling the media that the diversion occurred due to a “maintenance issue.” United Airlines said: “After a safe landing, passengers disembarked normally and a change of aircraft occurred. The flight then departed Denver for Dulles.”

according to cbs newsThe FAA clarified in a statement that cracks “occur in all aircraft models” and typically occur in “exterior glass panels that serve as a protective layer for portions of the interior structure.” According to the FAA, windshield cracks happen more often than most people think, and the glass panels are two to three inches thick and have multiple layers.

The incident comes just days after a Chicago-bound United Airlines plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Tampa International Airport on January 10 after a door light came on. According to Flight Aware, United Flight 2434 took off from Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport at 3:42 pm and landed at Tampa Airport at 4:35 pm. The plane was heading to Chicago when the lights started flashing, forcing the pilot to alert dispatchers, who then diverted the plane to Tampa. The plane stayed there for a while before flying again to Chicago.

A United spokesman said the plane, which was carrying 123 passengers and five crew members, “made an emergency landing this afternoon to resolve a possible mechanical issue.”

United Airlines is one of two U.S. companies operating Boeing 737 Max 9 passenger jets like the one that lost the door jam in mid-air. It is worth noting that on January 6, an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 9 MAX aircraft faced an emergency when a door was blown open in mid-air.