Shows the cockpit image posted on Twitter Front windshield lined with multiple cracks and cracks But it is still held within its framework.
According to KUTVAbout 90 minutes after takeoff, it was announced that the plane would land in Denver, a CBS affiliate in Salt Lake City, said one of the 198 passengers on the flight.
“They went up over the loudspeaker saying the windshield was shattered, and we were turning into Denver in about 10 minutes,” rider Rachel Wright told KUTV. “I was sure I couldn’t hear them, but I didn’t.”
She said the crew had asked passengers to remain calm while they were being rerouted.
“They kept talking about everyone being calm, calm, and we were quiet, so asking us to stay calm while we were quiet made us feel a little bit panicked,” Ms Wright told KUTV.
John Cox, a former captain of American Airlines, wrote in a. USA Today column about aircraft In 2019. He said that if shattered or torn, any pane of glass is able to withstand full stress if the other is lost or broken.