A Southwest Airlines jet with a damaged engine and window made an emergency landing at Philadelphia's airport Tuesday, and one passenger was critically injured as she was sucked out the broken window caused by the engine blowing up. Other passengers quickly reacted and pulled her in.
Update: the women who was partially sucked out of the Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 has died, according to the NTSB Chairman Robert Sumwalt,
A former federal investigator theorized the plane blew an engine and the shrapnel hit the aircraft.
The Federal Aviation Administration said that the plane landed after the crew reported damage to one of the engines, along with the fuselage and at least one window. They didn't immediately explain what went wrong. The National Transportation Safety Board sent investigators to the airport.
"There's a ring around the engine that's meant to contain the engine pieces when this happens," Goglia said. "In this case it didn't. That's going to be a big focal point for the NTSB — why didn't (the ring) do its job?"
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How vital is it that you get that window seat now? Me? I'll take the aisle seat and stretch my legs. Even better, an aisle seat next to the exit, so I can help people get the fuck out of the plane when the shit gets real.
In the 70s and 80s, when I was flying a lot, I always kept my seatbelt on. It would have saved her.
ReplyDeleteI was wrong, the Philly local news tonight said she was wearing her seatbelt. Damn.
ReplyDeleteInteresting pictures. A relatively small and light piece of metal can do a great deal of damage when you consider the centrifugal force involved. The fan could be spinning at 3000 rpm which would send a couple of pounds of fan blade flying at 500 fps or more. The acoustic shroud failed, which caused the cowling to come off as well, so you have quite a lot of metal coming apart as the plane itself is cooking along at 600,mph or so. Kudos to the flight crew and ATC for getting the plane on the ground quickly and without further incident.
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