Southwest Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing

A Southwest Airlines flight to Baltimore was forced to make an emergency landing in Oklahoma on Monday after the aircraft had a cracked windshield, officials said. The aircraft was scheduled to land at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport about 3 1/2 hours later, but an hour into the flight, the Boeing 737 jet was forced to turn south and landed in Tulsa, WJLA reported. The jet landed safely in Oklahoma at about 4:20 p.m. According to flight tracking data, the jet was cruising at 31,000 feet when it was rerouted. No injuries were reported, according to USA Today. In a statement, Southwest Airlines praised the professionalism of its flight crew. “The flight landed uneventfully and customers were reaccommodated to Baltimore on another aircraft, the statement read, according to KRQE. ”We appreciate the professionalism of our flight crew. Passengers were put onto another airplane bound for Baltimore and arrived in Maryland at about 11:30 p.m. ET, WJLA reported.