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American Eagle jet makes emergency landing

Cracked windshield forces pilots to ground N.Y.-bound plane in Kentucky

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updated 1:34 p.m. ET April 11, 2008

LEXINGTON, Ky. - 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.

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