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Windshield crack forces emergency landing

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Published: Aug. 29, 2010 at 12:35 PM

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 29 (UPI) -- A crack in a windshield forced a Washington-Nashville flight down in Charlotte, N.C., US Airways said.

US Airways Express Flight 2455 made a safe landing at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport around 10:30 a.m. Saturday, WCNC-TV, Charlotte, reported.

Airline personnel said the plane was carrying 14 passengers and three crew members.

The cause of the crack had not been determined and the plane was taken out of service.

The flight took off from Washington's Reagan National Airport at 8:40 a.m. and was to arrive in Nashville at 9:41. US Airways said the passengers boarded another flight and arrived at 12:02 p.m.

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