A Southwest Airlines jet carrying 148 people made an emergency landing in Boise on Sunday because of a cracked windshield, according to Boise fire and airport officials.
A pilot on the Boeing 737, which was traveling from Seattle to Phoenix, spoke with the Boise tower just after 8 a.m. Sunday.
Boise Fire Battalion Chief JD Ellis said firefighters were on standby at the airport until the plane landed.
Boise Airport spokeswoman Patti Miller said passengers were put on another plane. Diversions due to cracked windshields aren't common.
"This is the first one that I've heard of since I've been here, almost six years," Miller said.
Miller said she saw crews working on the plane's windshield, but she didn't get close enough to see the damage.
Though such incidents are rare, a Christian Science Monitor article in November noted an unusual case in 2007 when the windshields on 14 different planes cracked during a 90-minute period.
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