Southwest Flight Makes Emergency Landing in Cleveland Due to Broken Window

JUST IN: Southwest flight from Chicago to Newark, New Jersey, lands safely after being diverted to Cleveland, Ohio, according to the FAA, after a report of an issue with a window aboard the aircraft https://t.co/Lpdbf5GO9K pic.twitter.com/WD7HI5017f

— CNN (@CNN) May 2, 2018

A Southwest Airlines flight from Chicago to Newark had to make an emergency landing in Cleveland today because of a cracked window.

Pictures on social media show cracks in the window’s layers, and a portion of the glass is missing.

@SouthwestAir #WN957 diverts and makes emergency landing in CLE due to busted window pic.twitter.com/OJMZ5KTyMS

— Chaikel (@ChaikelK) May 2, 2018

@SouthwestAir has a serious problem with their fleet. My moms plane just had to divert and land in #Cleveland cuz of another window crack. pic.twitter.com/hm5edpgB1M

— Ryan Holley (@rholley28) May 2, 2018

#BREAKING: Southwest Flight 957 (Chicago-Newark) made an emergency landing in Cleveland due to a cracked window. Aircraft taken out of service for maintenance review. Passengers being re-booked on flights to Newark.
Photo: Passnger Deepak Chawla pic.twitter.com/BUnfg11hG9

— Carol Costello (@CarolHLN) May 2, 2018

Southwest issued a media statement saying that the flight diverted for “a maintenance review of one of the multiple layers of a window pane.”

Reports indicate that the plane landed without further incident, that it’s been taken out of service, and that the passengers on board are being accommodated with a new flight

The incident comes after two weeks of negative headlines for the airline. One of Southwest’s planes had to make an emergency landing last month because an engine exploded in mid-flight, which led to the death of a passenger.

Watch above, via CNN.

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