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A United Airlines flight from Denver to Los Angeles turned harrowing Thursday morning when an unidentified object is believed to have struck the cockpit windshield at 36,000 feet near Moab, Utah, injuring the pilot and prompting an emergency landing in Salt Lake City.

United Airlines Flight 1093, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 carrying 134 passengers and six crew members, was cruising when the impact cracked one layer of the aircraft’s multilayered windshield, leaving the pilot with scratches and bruises. Passenger Heather Ramsey, who spoke exclusively with FOX 11, was recording the sunrise when chaos erupted.

"One flight attendant raised her voice and told the other, ‘Get back. Get to the back of the aircraft, stop service,’" Ramsey said. Moments later, the pilot announced over the inter

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