Created Wednesday, Jun 2nd 2021 21:16Z, last updated Wednesday, Jun 2nd 2021 21:16Z
An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-900, registration N263AK performing flight
AS-203 from Puerto Vallarta (Mexico) to Seattle,WA (USA), was enroute at FL360 about 130nm eastsoutheast of Las Vegas,NV (USA) when the crew decided to divert to Las Vegas due to a cracked windshield. The aircraft descended to FL240 for the diversion and landed safely on Las Vegas' runway 26L with emergency services on stand by about 25 minutes after leaving FL360.
The remainder of the flight was cancelled.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Las Vegas about 20 hours after landing.
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