{"id":450157,"date":"2026-09-28T14:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T14:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/450157\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T14:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T14:14:09","slug":"flight-returns-to-houston-after-windshield-cracks-after-takeoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/450157\/","title":{"rendered":"Flight returns to Houston after windshield cracks after takeoff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Flight returns to Houston airport after windshield cracks shortly after takeoff<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790604849_654_author_avatar.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Default author avatar\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>HOUSTON \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">A Mesa Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency return to Houston Sunday after the windshield glass shattered shortly after takeoff, according to the airline and air traffic control recordings.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">Related video above: Flight cancelations, delays continue after powerful nor&#8217;easter<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">Passengers and crew of the El Paso-bound flight, operating on behalf of United Airlines, landed safely back at George Bush Intercontinental Airport around 1 p.m., Mesa Airlines said.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">No injuries were reported, officials told <a href=\"https:\/\/abc13.com\/story\/el-paso-bound-flight-makes-emergency-return-houston-windshield-shatters-airline-says\/19881264\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KTRK<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">\u201cThe first officer\u2019s windshield shattered shortly after takeoff and while there was no depressurization, standard procedure in such cases are to return to field,\u201d a Mesa Airlines spokesperson told CNN.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">Air traffic control audio indicated that pressurization was not lost after the windshield shattered, KTRK reported.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"6\">The flight had originally departed George Bush Intercontinental Airport around 12:20 p.m., traveling northwest, before it was forced to turn around, according to flight tracking site Flightradar24.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"7\">The Houston Fire Department responded to the incident and later declared the aircraft safe, the airport told CNN in a statement. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"8\">The Mesa spokesperson said passengers were transferred to a replacement aircraft to continue their trip, which later landed in El Paso at 3:14 p.m., Flightradar24 showed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Flight returns to Houston airport after windshield cracks shortly after takeoff HOUSTON \u2014 A Mesa Airlines flight was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":450158,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[12083,154854,154855,120060,154851,154856,154857,73891,154852,6832,56,154853,7189,58,57,33887,85774,154862,3335,154858,154859,154860,91272,40423,154863,2825,154861],"class_list":["post-450157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-air-traffic-control","tag-aircraft-safety","tag-airline-incident","tag-atlantic","tag-el-paso-flight","tag-emergency-return","tag-flight-return","tag-flight-tracking","tag-flightradar24","tag-george-bush-intercontinental-airport","tag-houston","tag-houston-emergency-landing","tag-houston-fire-department","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-ktrk","tag-mesa-airlines","tag-new-area","tag-ntsb","tag-passenger-safety","tag-pressurization","tag-replacement-aircraft","tag-shnd","tag-takeoff","tag-tropic","tag-united-airlines","tag-windshield-shattered"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/450158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}