SFGATE: Southwest plane with cracked window diverted to Cleveland

Southwest plane with cracked window diverted to Cleveland
Published on May 02, 2018 at 06:33PM by By MARK GILLISPIE and DAVID KOENIG, Associated Press
CLEVELAND (AP) — A cracked window on a Southwest Airlines plane forced an emergency landing in Cleveland Wednesday, just two weeks after a jet engine blew apart and broke a window in a deadly accident aboard another Southwest flight There were no reports of injuries after Flight 957 traveling from Chicago's Midway Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey landed safely. Dallas-based Southwest said that the plane diverted to Cleveland for a maintenance review after the damage to one of the multiple layers of window pane. Photos from inside the plane taken by passengers and posted on social media showed one window with a large, jagged crack. Southwest didn't immediately release details on how the window was damaged.
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