A United Airlines flight flying from Connecticut to Washington was forced to divert and make an emergency landing after the cockpit window reportedly blew open in mid-air. The incident occurred with flight UA-1274 after it had departed Bradley International Airport and was scheduled to land at Washington Dulles Airport. However, changing its course, the aircraft returned to Bradley Airport due to the onboard incident.
Business Insider quoted a United Airlines representative as saying that the plane had to return to Connecticut “to address an unlatched cockpit window. The flight landed safely, and we put our customers on another plane.”
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According to flight tracking service Flight Aware, the flight took off from Bradley International Airport at 6 a.m. Tuesday, but leveled off shortly after takeoff and then returned to the airport. Later that day, the rescheduled flight took off, causing a delay of over six hours.
The reason for opening the window of the aircraft is not yet known. There is a possibility that a human error or maintenance problem may have been the cause of the accident.
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The FAA held its first safety summit in 14 years earlier this month as a result of a number of recent safety issues, including close encounters between planes on airport runways around the US. summit, which brought together a panel of aviation experts to find out what may have caused the recent series of near-collisions, among other incidents.