Window Breaks Mid-flight On Chinese Airliner

An passenger jet with 128 people aboard made an emergency landing in southwest China on Monday after a cockpit window broke, injuring the co-pilot and a flight attendant.

The Sichuan Airlines Airbus A319 was flying from Chongqing to Lhasa in Tibet when the incident occurred. The flight was diverted to Chengdu.

Part of the cockpit window broke as the plane was flying over Chengdu, the Civil Aviation Administration of China said. The co-pilot suffered facial injuries while the flight attendant was slightly hurt during the landing, the statement said.

The cause of the incident was under investigation. Images posted on the official People's Daily newspaper online appear to show a cockpit window completely missing.

A video shows oxygen masks deployed, and flight attendants walking up and down the aisle to give passengers instructions on how to disembark.

There were 119 passengers and nine crew members on board.