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.<\/p>\n
United flight 1093 took off from Denver International Airport at 5:51 a.m. Thursday, according to flight tracking software\u00a0FlightAware<\/a>. The plane was cruising above Utah when the windshield cracked, federal investigators said<\/a>.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n NTSB officials are investigating what caused the crack.<\/p>\n It\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n The mutli-layered airplane windshields are designed to function safely if any of the layers sustain damage, Carlton stated.<\/p>\n The new plane landed in Los Angeles at 1:23 p.m. PDT, nearly six hours late, according to FlightAware<\/a>.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n The original plane flew Sunday evening from\u00a0Salt Lake City International Airport to Chicago Rockford International Airport, FlightAware\u2019s tracking shows<\/a>.<\/p>\n Carlton said United\u2019s maintenance team is working to repair the airplane and return it to service.<\/p>\n This is a developing story and may be updated.<\/p>\n