--- description: All passengers and crew are safe title: United Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing After Slide Inflates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Aviation](/tag/aviation/) ## Aviation Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Plane Makes Emergency Landing After Evacuation Slide Inflates  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Jun 30, 2014 11:54 AM CUT  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Jun 30, 2014 11:54 AM CUT A flight bound for California had to [make an emergency landing](http://abcnews.go.com/US/united-airlines-flight-diverted-emergency-evacuation-slide-deploys/story?id=24360530 "undefined") in Kansas on Sunday night after the plane’s emergency evacuation slide accidentally deployed while it was in the air. United Airlines Flight 1463 was carrying 96 passengers and five crew members from Chicago to southern California when the emergency slide deployed by accident, the airline said. Passengers told ABC News they heard a pop and then saw the slide inflate. “It was interesting. Nobody was scared or anything,” passenger Michael Davis told [ABC.](http://abcnews.go.com/US/united-airlines-flight-diverted-emergency-evacuation-slide-deploys/story?id=24360530 "undefined") “The captain made an announcement that we’re gonna land in Wichita. He said, ‘Don’t worry about the emergency trucks, it’s just standard procedure.'” Passenger Taylor Martinez posted a photo of the deployed evacuation slide on Twitter. > [](https://twitter.com/TMAG1C/status/483453424701153280) “No one was injured and the flight landed safely,” United spokeswoman Christen David said. The airline provided accommodations for all the passengers in Wichita, and they’re scheduled to fly out on another flight Monday morning. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2940299/united-airlines-flight-1463-evacuation-slide/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2940299/united-airlines-flight-1463-evacuation-slide/"},"headline":"Plane Makes Emergency Landing After Evacuation Slide Inflates","datePublished":"2014-06-30T11:54:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:41:38.064Z","description":"All passengers and crew are safe","url":"https://time.com/2940299/united-airlines-flight-1463-evacuation-slide/","keywords":["Aviation","Transportation","chicago","Air travel","united airlines"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/aviation/","name":"Aviation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2940299/united-airlines-flight-1463-evacuation-slide/","name":"Plane Makes Emergency Landing After Evacuation Slide Inflates"}}]}] ```