The pilots on a Delta flight from Salt Lake City to Washington DC decided to bring their jet down in Denver after the cockpit windshield shattered above 30,000 feet. The crew repeatedly told passengers to remain calm until they landed. “They came on the loudspeaker saying that the windshield had shattered, and we were diverting to Denver in about 10 minutes,” Rachel Wright, one of the 198 passengers on the plane, told KUTV. A photo of the windshield taken by a passenger shows the glass, though lined with cracks, didn’t fall from its frame. Commercial airline pilots said jetliner windshields can be two inches thick, with several layered panes of glass, the station reported. The crew announced the diversion about 90 minutes into the flight, after the plane reached cruising altitude, which is above 30,000 feet, passengers said. “They kept coming on saying for everyone to stay calm, to be calm, and we were calm so being told to stay calm while we were calm made us feel a little panicky,” Wright said. Passengers were able to see the shattered glass once they landed in Denver. Delta gave a statement to KUTV calling it “a maintenance issue mid-flight”. “Out of an abundance of caution, the flight crew diverted into Denver and the plane landed routinely. Our team worked quickly to accommodate customers on a new plane, and we sincerely apologize for the delay and inconvenience to their travel plans,” the airline statement said.<br/>
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Korean Air was selected as cargo operator of the year for 2022 for addressing global cargo capacity shortages with new gateways and freighters, Air Transport World announced Friday. Korean Air has “continued to go from strength to strength, remaining at the forefront of addressing the global cargo capacity shortages resulting from the pandemic,” noted ATW, a publication for the global aviation industry. Korean Air opened two gateways in the United States to alleviate supply chain issues, in Rickenbacker International Airport in Ohio and Chicago-Rockford International Airport in Illinois. In the meantime, the aviation firm converted passenger aircraft into freighters, and introduced iCargo, a cloud-based air cargo management system that standardizes cargo service. To expand its freight portfolio, Korean Air secured a cold chain system at Incheon Airport suitable for medical products and fresh produce, and was awarded certification for pharmaceutical product transport from the IATA Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics. As a result of the transition, Korean Air set a new quarterly record for revenue in its cargo business in the fourth quarter of 2021. Korean Air reaped 2.2t won ($1.8b) in revenue from freight transportation from just October to December, while the company generated 1.46t won in full-year operating profit, up 515% year-over-year.<br/>