PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers’ constitution flight house following a Sunday evening win in Las Vegas made an emergency touchdown in Kansas Metropolis early Monday.
Crew spokesman Burt Lauten posted on X, previously often known as Twitter, that “everybody on the aircraft is protected and we’re making obligatory plans to reach again in Pittsburgh later right this moment.”
KDKA TV, which has a pair of journalists on the crew aircraft, r eported the aircraft landed in Kansas Metropolis simply earlier than 5 a.m. EDT. The station reported the aircraft was coping with an oil stress failure in one of many engines.
The crew was initially scheduled to reach in Pittsburgh round 5:30 a.m. EDT after enhancing to 2-1 by holding off the Raiders.
Veteran defensive deal with Cam Heyward had just a little enjoyable with the state of affairs, joking on X with Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce and pop star Taylor Swift that the crew wanted a trip to Pittsburgh. Swift attended Kansas Metropolis’s blowout victory over Chicago on Sunday as a visitor of Kelce’s.
The Steelers got Monday off by head coach Mike Tomlin. They journey to Houston on Oct. 1.