China News Service, April 2. According to a report by the Associated Press on the 1st, a Delta Air Lines flight from Salt Lake City to Washington, D.C., carrying 198 passengers, was at 30,000 feet (about 9,144 meters). ) at a high altitude and encountered an accidental breakage of the cockpit windshield. At that time, the plane had been flying for 90 minutes. The pilot urgently decided to divert to Denver and finally landed safely.
Photos taken by passengers on the plane showed numerous cracks in the windshield, but it did not come off.
The crew reportedly told passengers several times to stay calm before landing.
After the plane landed safely in Denver, passengers boarded a new plane and continued on to Washington.
Delta Air Lines spokesman Anthony Black also confirmed on the 1st that the plane had a "crack in the windshield", but said the cause had not yet been determined.