Steelers Back In Pittsburgh After Charter Flight From Las Vegas Makes Safe Emergency Landing In Kansas City

By Mike Darnay, CBS Pittsburgh

September 26, 2023

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- The Steelers are back in Pittsburgh after their 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 9 p.m. local time.

KDKA-TV news crew of Rich Walsh and Ian Smith were onboard the plane and said the Airbus A330-900 landed just after 5 a.m. (Eastern Time) in Kansas City due to an oil pressure failure in one of the plane's engines.

KDKA Photojournalist Ian Smith

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