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https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Airplane-Makes-Emergency-Landing-at-Philadelphia-International-Airport-480008613.html

 

Plane Depressurizes When Engine Part Blows Hole in Window; Plane Lands Safely in Philadelphia

 

A Southwest Airlines flight landed safely in Philadelphia Tuesday after the jet violently depressurized when a piece of an engine flew into and broke a window, a passenger's father tells NBC10.

The Dallas-bound Boeing 737-700 made an emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday after taking off from LaGuardia Airport in New York City.

Firefighters could be seen outside a Southwest Airlines plane on the airport tarmac. Some passengers were led off with crutches by firefighters.

Passengers shared photos of an engine with major damage. The engine inlet appears to be shredded with metal bent outward.

One terrified passenger posted a live video to his Facebook page during the ordeal. The grainy footage shows a man attempting to secure his yellow oxygen mask while updating loved ones following his feed.

"Something is wrong with our plane! It appears we are going down! Emergency landing!! Southwest flight from NYC to Dallas!!" Facebook user Marty Martinez wrote. He then added, "We are bracing for landing!!"

The woman who apparently was pulled out of the plane is said to have been rushed to a Philadelphia hospital.

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https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6070651/southwest-airlines-flight-3461-storm-landing-fort-lauderdale-florida/

 

PASSENGERS on board a Southwest Airlines flight in the US were left 'howling, crying and texting their loved ones goodbye' after their flight hit a ferocious storm.

As the plane swaying violently, the terrified flyers on a flight from Fort Lauderdale to New Orleans prepared to die in a crash.

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10 minutes ago, Celery Man said:

omg nobody fly swa what do you have a death wish

Finally, I discovered my wife's handle.


But her serious response was "See, I told you that we need to keep the kids in their car seats during flights!  If it was them they would have fit right through the window!"


She has a point though...

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1 hour ago, Aqua Buddha said:

At least they're not Allegiant.  (Watch 60 Minutes from this past Sunday.)

You get what you pay for. People have known that about Allegiant for years. I remember a report coming out about their pilots responding in a survey that they don't allow their families to travel with them out of concern for their safety. Sad thing is they have expanded significantly since moving to the South Terminal in Austin.

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17 minutes ago, Pasken said:

You get what you pay for. People have known that about Allegiant for years. I remember a report coming out about their pilots responding in a survey that they don't allow their families to travel with them out of concern for their safety. Sad thing is they have expanded significantly since moving to the South Terminal in Austin.

The negative press will not affect Allegiant or Sun Country at all.  People that fly those airlines choose only the lowest fare available without regard to anything else.  In the case of Allegiant, a lot of their flights are charted casino junkets where there is no alternative to the free flight.  

With respect to the SW flight today, I believe the woman who was partially sucked out is critically injured at least.  One guy a few rows behind her said that they tried to revive her through CPR but couldn't.  There was blood everywhere.  (Reported to D Magazine).  The whole thing sounds really bad.

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4 minutes ago, DFWTexEx said:

The negative press will not affect Allegiant or Sun Country at all.  People that fly those airlines choose only the lowest fare available without regard to anything else.  In the case of Allegiant, a lot of their flights are charted casino junkets where there is no alternative to the free flight.  

With respect to the SW flight today, I believe the woman who was partially sucked out is critically injured at least.  One guy a few rows behind her said that they tried to revive her through CPR but couldn't.  There was blood everywhere.  (Reported to D Magazine).  The whole thing sounds really bad.

 

Yikes. CPR actually really sucks and rarely works in keeping someone alive without significant brain damage when performed outside a hospital. 

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