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A transatlantic United Airlines flight was diverted around an hour into its journey on Sunday.
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An airline spokesperson told BI the Boeing 787 had a crack in its windshield.
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The carrier is under increased regulatory scrutiny following a string of mechanical problems.
A United Airlines plane heading from Denver to London was diverted on Sunday due to a crack in its windshield.
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner changed course about an hour into a transatlantic flight, data from Flightradar24 shows. It landed at Chicago O’Hare around one hour later.
A spokesperson for United told Business Insider that the plane “landed safely in Chicago to address a crack in one layer of its multilayer windshield.”
They added that the airline booked passengers into hotels overnight and rebooked them on other flights to London the following day.
FAA aircraft registry information indicates that the Boeing 787 involved was registered eight years ago.
This isn’t the first Dreamliner to suffer a cracked windshield in…
