Officials are investigating how a windshield shattered during a United Airlines flight from Denver to the Los Angeles International Airport on Oct. 16, officials confirmed to KTLA on Sunday.
“On Thursday, United flight 1093 landed safely in Salt Lake City to address damage to its multilayered windshield,” a United Airlines representative stated. “We arranged for another aircraft to take customers to Los Angeles later that day and our maintenance team is working to return the aircraft to service.”
United said there were about 134 customers and 6 crew members aboard the Boeing 737 Max 8 at the time.
Photos shared with KTLA show what appears to be a pilot holding up his arm, bloodied with cuts to his forearm, in the cockpit of the damaged aircraft. Photos of the exterior of the plane show a fully shattered windshield, with apparent contact damage to the top right corner…