A plane carrying 110 Italian tourists made an emergency landing at Cairo's international airport on Saturday after the cockpit windshield splintered, Egyptian state media said.

One Italian tourist was lightly injured during the landing when his jaw hit the seat in front of him, causing swelling, state news agency MENA said.

MENA said the charter plane had been heading to the Red Sea resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh from Milan when the glass in the cockpit splintered while flying over the Egyptian capital.

The captain requested an emergency landing. MENA did not say what caused the glass in the cockpit to crack or whether the plane depressurised.

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