Pittsburgh Steelers make emergency landing at KCI, no injuries reported
By Julia Scammahorn
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KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — The Pittsburgh Steelers’ charter flight home from Las Vegas was forced to make an early-morning emergency landing in Kansas City.
The flight from Las Vegas to Pittsburgh after the Steelers’ Sunday Night Football game win took off just after 8 p.m. central time.
CBS affiliate KDKA’s news crews onboard the plane confirm the flight, Delta Air Lines flight 8867 was an Airbus A 330 and it landed safely just after 4 a.m. in Kansas City due to an oil pressure failure in one of the plane’s engines. According to KCI Spokesperson, Joe McBride, the aircraft has 182 passengers and crew on board. The aircraft landed safely and taxied under its own power to Gate A14.
Fire trucks are at the scene inspecting the plane.
No one is injured and we’re told that everyone was still on the plane while it was being inspected.
Steelers defensive end Cam Heyward posted on X about the emergency landing, joking about it being due to a call made during Sunday night’s game against Minkah Fitzpatrick for roughing the passer.
Heyward went on to say that the Steelers might need a ride to Pittsburgh from Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift, who are rumored to be dating.
The team has been transferred to Delta Flight 9963, estimated to arrive in Kansas City at 9 a.m. central time.
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