A United Airways flight diverted to Salt Lake Metropolis final week after the pilots found a crack in one of many layers of the windshield.
The Nationwide Transportation Security Board, which is investigating the incident, informed CBS Information on Sunday that the windscreen of the flight that was en route Thursday from Denver to Los Angeles was being despatched to its laboratory for examination.
The multilayer windshield is designed to nonetheless perform in case one of many layers is broken, based on officers.
NTSB Investigators will search to find out if one thing struck the wind defend of the Boeing 737 mid-flight, and if that’s the case, what that object was. As a part of the investigation, the NTSB will converse to the pilots about what they noticed and assessment any out there flight voice and knowledge recorder particulars.
There have been 134 passengers on the flight and 6 crew members, based on United. The airline mentioned the aircraft landed safely in Salt Lake Metropolis, and one other plane transferred the passengers to Los Angeles.
A lot of the NTSB and the Federal Aviation Administration communications employees are furloughed as a result of ongoing authorities shutdown. No different data was instantly out there.
