Woman Partially Sucked Out Of Southwest Plane After Mid-Air Explosion
By Randy DeSoto
April 17, 2018 at 11:49am
A Southwest Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Philadelphia on Tuesday after a portion of the engine broke off during flight, smashing open a passenger window and causing the plane to depressurize.
“One passenger’s father-in-law, relaying information from his daughter, said the impact was so severe that a female passenger was partially sucked out of the plane when the window imploded,” WCAU-TV in Philadelphia reported. “One passenger, a woman, was partially … was drawn out towards the outside of the plane … was pulled back in by other passengers,” he said in a phone interview with NBC 10.
The Associated Press reported one person has died who was on board the plane.
Flight 1380 was en route from New York’s LaGuardia Airport to Dallas’ Love Field when over 140 passengers on board, when the incident happened at 32,500 feet.
The pilot quickly took the plane down to 10,000 feet, traveling at more than 3,000 feet per minute, according to the aviation tracking tool Flight Aware.
Passenger Marty Martinez shot video of the scary experience.
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Poster Comment:
I doubt they would allow me on an airplane anyway. Last time I was on one, I sat in a First Class seat by mistake and had to move. It looked comfortable. This story is living proof that doo-doo happens. :-/
Video at source.