United Airlines flight diverted to Salt Lake City to address a cracked windshield

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — A United Airlines flight was diverted to the Salt Lake City International Airport on Thursday morning after a crack was found on the aircraft’s windshield.

The airline told ABC4 that “United flight 1093 landed safely in Salt Lake City to address to address a crack in one layer of its multilayer windshield. Our maintenance team will fully inspect the aircraft, and in the meantime, we’ve arranged for another aircraft to take customers to Los Angeles this afternoon.”

According to United Airlines, there were 134 customers and six crew members on board. The aircraft was a Boeing 737 Max 8.

United Flight 1093 was heading to the Los Angeles International Airport from Denver.