"A United Airlines flight from Denver to Los Angeles was forced to divert to Salt Lake City last week after the aircraft's window cracked midair, officials said. Flight 1093, a Boeing 737 Max 8, was about 180 nautical miles southeast of Salt Lake City on Thursday, Oct. 16 when the crew decided to divert due to a crack in one layer of the plane's multilayer windshield, according to The Aviation Herald, a website that publishes reports about commercial aviation accidents and incidents."
"The NTSB is investigating a cracked windscreen on a Boeing 737-8 during cruise flight near Moab, Utah, Thursday. Operating as United flight 1093 from DEN to LAX, airplane diverted safely to SLC, the agency wrote in a post on X. NTSB gathering radar, weather, flight recorder data. Windscreen being sent to NTSB laboratories for examination. A replacement aircraft, a Boeing 737 Max 9, later flew the passengers to Los Angeles, arriving about six hours behind schedule."
Flight 1093, a Boeing 737 Max 8 departing Denver for Los Angeles with about 134 passengers and six crew, diverted to Salt Lake City after a crack formed in one layer of the aircraft's multilayer windshield roughly 180 nautical miles southeast of Salt Lake City. The airplane landed safely about 50 minutes after departure. United arranged a replacement Boeing 737 Max 9 that transported passengers to Los Angeles about six hours late. The original jet remained grounded for roughly 26 hours while maintenance and inspections were performed. The NTSB opened an investigation and is examining the windscreen in its laboratories.
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