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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Travel
Sakshi Gupta

US Flight Forced To Make Emergency Detour Due To Cracked Windshield

United Airlines is a major American airline headquartered at the Willis Tower in Chicago | Photo: AFP (Credit: Reuters)

A United Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing due to a cracked windshield. The flight was travelling from Las Vegas to Washington DC on Sunday when the incident happened, according to reports in local media.

United Airlines Flight 1627 departed from Nevada's Harry Reid International Airport and was scheduled to arrive at the Dulles International Airport in Northern Virginia, 26 miles west of downtown Washington, D.C. But the jet was then diverted to the Denver International Airport in Colorado, according to a statement from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

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