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Accident: Southwest B737 near Philadelphia on Apr 17th 2018, engine damage takes out passenger window

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A Southwest Boeing 737-700, registration N772SW performing flight WN-1380 from New York La Guardia,NY to Dallas Love,TX (USA) with 143 passengers and 5 crew, was climbing through FL320 out of New York when the left hand engine (CFM56) was damaged causing inlet and parts of the cowl to separate from the airframe, debris impacted the side of the fuselage shattering a passenger window causing the loss of cabin pressure. The crew initiated an emergency descent, shut the engine down and diverted to Philadelphia,PA (USA).

 

More:

http://avherald.com/h?article=4b7725fb&opt=0

 


https://heavy.com/news/2018/04/tammie-jo-shults-pilot-southwest-flight-1380-engine-hero/

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Southwest CEO Faces Test as Deadly Accident Mars Safety Record

 

Southwest Airlines Co.’s boss is facing a major test as an airline known for its quirky cheerfulness and strong safety record grapples with the aftermath of a fatal accident.
The carrier has sent a special team to help passengers and assist investigators in probing the cause of the engine blowout on a Boeing Co. 737-700, said Southwest Chief Executive Officer Gary Kelly. One woman died after shrapnel from the blast tore through a window about 20 minutes into the flight from New York to Dallas.
The death was the first in-flight fatality due to an accident in the 47-year history of Southwest. That doesn’t include a 2005 episode when one of the carrier’s jets skidded off a snowy runway onto a Chicago road and killed a six-year-old boy in a car.
“This is a very sad day, and on behalf of the entire Southwest family I want to extend deepest sympathies for the family and loved ones of the deceased customer,” Kelly told reporters Tuesday, speaking in an auditorium called Freedom Hall at Southwest’s headquarters in Dallas. “They are our immediate priority and concern. We will do all we can to support them during this very difficult time and in the difficult days ahead.”
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Airlines inspecting Boeing 737 engines after fatal Southwest incident

 

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Some major customers of Boeing Co’s popular 737 jets including Korean Air Lines Co Ltd said on Wednesday they were inspecting engines of the type that blew apart mid-air on a fatal Southwest Airlines Co flight on Tuesday.

 

See: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pennsylvania-airplane-engine/airlines-inspecting-boeing-737-engines-after-fatal-southwest-incident-idUSKBN1HP0QK

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For those of you who would like to know the timeline in more detail as well as ATC clip... here is the link:

 

audio from LiveATC.

 

everything sounded routine to her, and her co-pilot.

 

May the passenger who lost her life rest in peace.

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