On a Delta flight from Atlanta, Georgia to Orange County, California the captain came on the loud-speaker saying there was a problem in the cockpit – the cockpit windshield had cracked - and they needed to make an emergency landing in Dallas/Ft. Worth.
Passenger Mike Fleming was on the flight, updating his Facebook status while it was happening and took a photo of the damaged windshield. Fleming spoke to American Morning’s Kiran Chetry about the sudden emergency situation at 34,000 feet mid-air.
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Facebooking? I thought you weren't allowed to use cell phones on flights. Maybe that's why it cracked, eh?
I've driven around with a cracked windsheild for the last three years. Whats th big deal?
Do you drive at mach 0.9 and 35,000 ft up?
There was a plane in front of them hauling rocks and they were following to close! Happens all the time.
Call Jack Morris Auto Glass
What was the flight crew doing leaving the cabin door open for passengers to see the windshield & how close they came to flaming, screaming death?
CNN, Please go back to school and learn how to write a headline...
Could have been space junk!!!
Perhaps a small meteorite? This is the time for the Leonid meteor shower...
If a passenger was on the windshield crack then he obviously did it. What I don't get is why there was a passenger on the window.
Delta is the worst airline. The worst customer service and your miles are useless. DON'T FLY THEM
This is one down-side of 24 hour news stations–they have to fill air time with BS. Perhaps this merits 15 seconds. But to interview the guy who snapped a pic? Come on.
This stuff happens every now and then but is a non-event. The pilot can't see out very well, that's it
This sounds like the same flight crew that tooks us of Cancun last week! They were awesome then too! Great job guys!!!
Is everyone really this rude in reall ife?
If so, very obvious why you comment on these stories & don't have jobs!
NOT NEWS!!!!
When the Homelander slams the jet into the ocean, that's news!!!