A United Airlines flight headed from Denver to Los Angeles was diverted last week after its windshield cracked in midair, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.
United flight 1093 took off from Denver International Airport at 5:51 a.m. Thursday, according to flight tracking software FlightAware. The plane was cruising above Utah when the windshield cracked, federal investigators said.
The Boeing 737-8 was safely diverted to Salt Lake City International Airport, where it landed shortly after 7:30 a.m. , according to FlightAware.
NTSB officials are investigating what caused the crack.
It’s not yet clear how extensive the damage was, but the 134 passengers and six crew members on board were switched over to a new plane in Utah to finish their journey, United spokesperson Russell Carlton said in a statement.
The mutli-layered airplane windshields are designed to function safely if any of the layers sustain damage, Carlton stated.
The new plane landed in Los Angeles at 1:23 p.m. PDT, nearly six hours late, according to FlightAware.
Federal investigators gathered radar, weather and flight recorder data, and also sent the cracked windshield to a NTSB lab for examination, according to the agency.
The original plane flew Sunday evening from Salt Lake City International Airport to Chicago Rockford International Airport, FlightAware’s tracking shows.
Carlton said United’s maintenance team is working to repair the airplane and return it to service.
This is a developing story and may be updated.
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Originally Published: October 20, 2025 at 8:32 AM MDT