Plane makes emergency landing in Orlando due to cracked windshield

Confirmed reports state that an American Airlines plane made an emergency landing Tuesday night in Orlando after the crew noticed a crack in the cockpit windshield of the Plane..

American Airlines Flight 160, with 150 passengers and six crew members, took off from Miami and was headed to Boston, said airline spokeswoman Andrea Huguely.

The Boeing 757 had reached cruising altitude when the crew noticed a crack on the exterior window of the double-paned cockpit windshield, Huguely said.

The size of the crack, or the cause, was not immediately known.