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Southwest flight from Albuquerque makes emergency landing after windshield cracks midflight
Passengers planned to arrive in Baltimore, instead set foot in Tulsa after midflight incident
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A Southwest flight from Albuquerque bound for Baltimore made an emergency landing Monday after the plane鈥檚 front windshield cracked midflight.
Though outer panes of the windshield cracked, the cabin did not depressurize and passengers of Flight 2665 disembarked unharmed in Tulsa, Oklahoma, after the emergency landing Monday afternoon, Southwest spokesperson Lynn Lunsford said in a statement Tuesday.
鈥淭he flight landed uneventfully and customers were reaccommodated to Baltimore on another aircraft,鈥� Southwest Airlines said in an official statement Tuesday. 鈥淲e appreciate the professionalism of our flight crew. Nothing is more important to Southwest than the safety of our customers and employees.鈥�
Officials at Southwest did not elaborate about what caused the crack.
When pilots decided to make an emergency landing, the flight had been just two and a half hours into its planned flight time, according to flight-tracking website . Before landing, the plane had reached an altitude of 39,000 feet and was traveling at speeds of 518 miles per hour, according to FlightAware.
After passengers disembarked, the plane taxied on the runway for six hours before docking at a terminal at the Tulsa International Airport.
The next day, the plane was expected to be airborne again.
On Tuesday, the Boeing 737 jetliner was scheduled to fly to Charlotte, North Carolina, according to FlightAware.
Gillian Barkhurst is a general assignment reporter for the Journal. She can be reached at gbarkhurst@abqjournal.com.
