Plane carrying Pittsburgh Steelers makes emergency landing in Kansas City
The plane carrying the Pittsburgh Steelers home from Las Vegas to Pittsburgh made an emergency landing in Kansas City, Missouri on Monday morning.Cam Heyward posted about the emergency landing on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 has learned the emergency landing was due to an oil pressure light that came on. A little after 6 a.m., Steelers spokesperson Burt Lauten posted the following message on X:”Our team charter plane was unexpectedly diverted to Kansas City early this morning on our way back to Pittsburgh following our game in Las Vegas. Everyone on the plane is safe, and we are making necessary plans to arrive back in Pittsburgh later today.”WTAE’s sister station KMBC said they were aware of a flight from Las Vegas to Pittsburgh that made an “uneventful” emergency landing in Kansas City at around 3:55 a.m. local time on Monday.The Kansas City Aviation Department said 182 passengers and crew were onboard and everyone will remain on the plane until a replacement aircraft arrives, which is expected to happen around 9:30 a.m. Monday.No injuries were reported.
The plane carrying the Pittsburgh Steelers home from Las Vegas to Pittsburgh made an emergency landing in Kansas City, Missouri on Monday morning.
Cam Heyward posted about the emergency landing on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.
Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 has learned the emergency landing was due to an oil pressure light that came on.
A little after 6 a.m., Steelers spokesperson Burt Lauten posted the following message on X:
“Our team charter plane was unexpectedly diverted to Kansas City early this morning on our way back to Pittsburgh following our game in Las Vegas. Everyone on the plane is safe, and we are making necessary plans to arrive back in Pittsburgh later today.”
WTAE’s sister station KMBC said they were aware of a flight from Las Vegas to Pittsburgh that made an “uneventful” emergency landing in Kansas City at around 3:55 a.m. local time on Monday.
The Kansas City Aviation Department said 182 passengers and crew were onboard and everyone will remain on the plane until a replacement aircraft arrives, which is expected to happen around 9:30 a.m. Monday.
No injuries were reported.
