Overview
- United Flight 1093 from Denver to Los Angeles descended from cruise near Moab, Utah, on Oct. 16 and diverted to Salt Lake City after a cockpit windscreen cracked; the aircraft landed safely.
- United says one pilot sustained minor injuries from flying glass and passengers were transferred to a replacement jet that reached Los Angeles after roughly a six‑hour delay.
- The NTSB confirmed a formal investigation, collected radar, weather and flight‑recorder data, and sent the damaged windscreen to its laboratories for examination.
- Authorities have not identified a cause; reporting has raised possibilities such as space debris or a meteorite, high‑altitude hail, or electrical arcing, with FAA analysis describing space‑debris injury risk as extraordinarily low.
- Widely shared photos showing a bloodied forearm, shattered glass and apparent scorch marks remain unverified, and Business Insider reported the aircraft later repositioned to a maintenance facility in Chicago Rockford.