United Flight Diverts After Windshield Damage, Possible Space Debris Impact Investigated
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Summary
A United Airlines flight from Denver to Los Angeles diverted to Salt Lake City after developing a crack in its windshield. While the airline officially stated this was due to a windshield issue, aviation watchdog JonNYC shared a photo suggesting the damage may have been caused by space debris or a meteorite, citing scorch marks visible in the cockpit image. The Boeing 737 MAX 8 was carrying 140 passengers at the time of the incident.
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· 4 pulledThe airline reported that flight 1093 made the decision to address a crack in one layer of its windshield.
But was the plane actually hit by space debris?
That's one leading theory based on a photo shared by aviation watchdog JonNYC
Hearing there were scorch-marks, so space-debris or meteorite.
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