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American Eagle jet makes emergency landing

Passengers traveling on an American Eagle jet are safe after pilots made an emergency landing at the Blue Grass Airport in Lexington.
/ Source: The Associated Press

Passengers traveling on an American Eagle jet are safe after pilots made an emergency landing at the Blue Grass Airport in Lexington.

Airport spokesman Brian Ellestad says pilots made the landing Thursday night after discovering a crack in the aircraft's windshield.

Ellestad says the jet was flying from Dallas to Rochester, N.Y. It had 62 passengers.