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- A United Airlines flight from Connecticut to Washington DC made an emergency landing Tuesday.
- A United representative said the issue was due to an "unlatched cockpit window."
- In a recording, a United pilot told air traffic control that the plane's window "popped open."
A United Airlines flight was forced into an emergency landing after a cockpit window reportedly "popped open" in mid-air.
United flight UA-1274, travelling from Bradley International Airport in Connecticut to Washington Dulles Airport on Tuesday, was forced to change course shortly after takeoff and return to Bradley.
An airline representative told Insider that the jet had to return to the airport to "address an unlatched cockpit window. The flight landed safely, and we reaccomodated our customers on another aircraft."