The Pittsburgh Steelers' charter flight home following a Sunday night win in Las Vegas made an emergency landing in Kansas City early Monday.
Team spokesman Burt Lauten , formerly known as Twitter, that "everyone on the plane is safe and we are making necessary plans to arrive back in Pittsburgh later today."
KDKA TV, which has a pair of journalists on the team plane, reported the plane landed in Kansas City just before 5 a.m. ET. The station reported the plane was dealing with an oil pressure failure in one of the engines.
The Steelers finally departed for Kansas City on a new plane and landed in Pittsburgh at around 1:15 p.m. ET, over eight hours after making the emergency landing, per NFL Network's Cameron Wolfe.
The team was originally scheduled to arrive in Pittsburgh around 5:30 a.m. ET after improving to 2-1 by holding off the Raiders.
Veteran defensive tackle Cam Heyward had a little fun with the situation, joking on X with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and pop star Taylor Swift that the team needed a ride to Pittsburgh. Swift attended Kansas City’s blowout victory over Chicago on Sunday as a guest of Kelce's.
The Steelers were given Monday off by head coach Mike Tomlin. They travel to Houston on Oct. 1.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
