Southwest Airlines jet makes emergency landing after passenger window cracks mid-flight

Southwest Airlines: The plane made an emergency stop after a passenger window cracked mid-flight
Reuters

A Southwest Airlines passenger jet was forced to make an emergency landing in the US after a window cracked mid-flight.

No one was injured in the latest incident, which occurred on Wednesday.

Passengers described hearing a “loud pop” as the window cracked.

One told the New York Post: “There was a loud pop and then the pilot came out and then checked things out and then he announced we had to divert to Cleveland.”

What caused the window to crack was not immediately clear.

The New Jersey-bound flight, which was carrying 76 passengers made an emergency landing in Cleveland at about 1pm (local time).

Tragically killed in a plane accident: Jennifer Riordan
AP

A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) spokesman said the organisation was investigating the incident.

In statement, the airline said: “The Crew of Southwest Flight 957, with scheduled service from Chicago Midway International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport, made an unscheduled stop at Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport for maintenance review of a potential crack to the outer pane of a window.

The engine on the Boeing 737 as it sits on the runway after its engine burst last month 
AP

“There are multiple layers of panes in each aircraft window. No emergency landing was declared. The aircraft maintained pressurization, and the flight landed uneventfully in Cleveland.

“The aircraft has been taken out of service for maintenance review, and our local Cleveland Employees worked diligently to accomdate the 76 Customers on a new aircraft to Newark.

“The safety of our Customers and Employees is our number one focus each and every day.”

Bank executive Mrs Riordan, from Albuquerque, New Mexico, died in the horrifying incident on the Dallas-bound flight last month.

She died of blunt impact trauma to her head, neck and torso and her death was ruled accidental, a spokesman for the Philadelphia Department of Health said.

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