SW 1380 one passenger dead: Uncontained engine failure and emergency landing at PHL
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Lap baby? Or multiple lap babies and a few open seats? Seems like the media doesn't parse those out in incident reporting like they used to.
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While visiting here in Dallas, WHQ of WN, the least sucky local news station reported that engines were made/manufactured by Boeing
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Yes, that is correct. They do have oxygen mask. You have to do breathe normally.
No, they did not post on Facebook.
Yes, they were listening with the flight crew instructions. They know how to do follow the safety rules.
No, they did not post on Facebook.
Yes, they were listening with the flight crew instructions. They know how to do follow the safety rules.
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You are assuming she wasn't wearing it, rather than the seatbelt not serving to protect her. Seatbelts are designed to protect you from turbulence, not decompression.
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Could have been a pilot jump seating in the cockpit or an off duty employee sitting in a jump seat,etc., although I'm not sure if they are counted as crew or passenger.
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Tammi Jo Schults - captain.
https://heavy.com/news/2018/04/tammi...0-engine-hero/
https://heavy.com/news/2018/04/tammi...0-engine-hero/
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In any event, RIP to the passenger. What a terrible tragedy. This was an excellent job by the five crew who most certainly had their hands full with a very difficult situation.
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Missing fan blade and metal fatigue:
Investigators say Southwest engine was missing a fan blade and showed signs of metal fatigue Daily Mail Online
This guy says the pilot of a DL plane that left immediately after the WN flight blew a tire, and the DL pilot suspected WN debris on the runway.:
https://mobile.twitter.com/seph_lawless
This article says the victim was out of the plane up to her waist:
https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news...480008613.html
This says the victim was partially out the window for minutes and that another passenger bought Internet access after the incident so he could post what was happening to Facebook.:
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/17/us/ph...ing/index.html
Investigators say Southwest engine was missing a fan blade and showed signs of metal fatigue Daily Mail Online
This guy says the pilot of a DL plane that left immediately after the WN flight blew a tire, and the DL pilot suspected WN debris on the runway.:
https://mobile.twitter.com/seph_lawless
This article says the victim was out of the plane up to her waist:
https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news...480008613.html
This says the victim was partially out the window for minutes and that another passenger bought Internet access after the incident so he could post what was happening to Facebook.:
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/17/us/ph...ing/index.html
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Non-expert here..
Any reason the pilot chose Philly (~100 miles away) instead of the much closer Harrisburg?
Too steep of a descent & short final for Harrisburg ?
Any reason the pilot chose Philly (~100 miles away) instead of the much closer Harrisburg?
Too steep of a descent & short final for Harrisburg ?
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In addition, the noise level in a decompressed cabin due to a blown out window is likely so high you couldn't even hear any announcement made over the plane's PA.
Would be nice if certain posters could refrain from judging/assuming and telling those in a situation we've never been in what they should or should not have done (not referring to seawolf's response but the orig. post).
Would be nice if certain posters could refrain from judging/assuming and telling those in a situation we've never been in what they should or should not have done (not referring to seawolf's response but the orig. post).
Last edited by Freebird; Apr 18, 2018 at 4:04 am Reason: clarification
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Listen the to ATC recording I posted yesterday, she says: get me vectors to the nearest and then comes back on asking for Philadelphia as the controller suggests the same. They'd want a long runway without reverse in the first engine as well, though MDT is 3km so pretty long for a 737