A 50-seat jet flying to Dallas was forced to land in Wichita after its windshield cracked.
Published flight data indicates Flight 2539 took off from Sioux Falls, South Dakota just before 7 a.m. Monday and was diverted to Wichita Mid-Continent Airport. The flight landed at about 8:30 a.m.
Valerie Wise, spokeswoman for the Wichita Airport Authority, said the Embraer plane was over Salina, Kansas Monday morning when the pilot said he needed to make an emergency landing at Wichita Mid-Continent Airport.
The Wichita Eagle reports there were 52 people onboard the flight, including the crew.
Company officials told NBC 5 the flight was being operated by ExpressJet, which operates scheduled flights for American Eagle, Delta Connection and United Express.
Investigators are trying to determine what caused the windshield to crack.
Two other American Airlines flights made emergency landings within minutes of each other in Dallas early Monday morning. The first, which departed Dallas hours earlier for Buenos Aires, Argentina, returned to the airport due to a pressurization issue. The second flight, bound for Fresno, California, returned to DFW due to an unspecified mechanical issue.
A fourth American Airlines flight, this one from Miami to Dallas, returned and landed shortly after takeoff Monday after the pilot reported smelling smoke in the cockpit.
NBC 5 is also looking into a fourth flight, from DFW to Boston, that may have made an emergency landing due to a wing flap issue.
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No injuries were reported in any of the incidents.
