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stlgph wrote:No slides. People, for the most part, seem to be coming down the airstairs.
LightningZ71 wrote:This part is quite shocking if true...
WCAU is reporting that the injured passenger had to be removed by emergency services THROUGH the window.
That's not something that you tend to see in most uncontained engine failures...
dtw2hyd wrote:Ten injured, one critical.
Also, FR24 showing N772SW doing BNA-LGA(WN2093) was diverted to JRB this morning. Maybe a data glitch.
FriscoHeavy wrote:http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/04/17/southwest-airlines-planes-engine-explodes-passenger-reportedly-hit-with-shrapnel.html
danj555 wrote:I don't see any large holes on the left side fuselage... not sure how someone could get sucked out.... ohhh I see a window is out... its possible then
zrb2 wrote:Holy cow, that is serious. Hoping the critical person can make a full recovery.
On another note, people think i'm a bit silly because i don't pick seats parallel to the engine. I'm either in the front or in the back, for this rare reason.
The extraordinary statement of the fox news story is that it reported that the injured passenger was removed from the aircraft THROUGH THE WINDOW. Up thread it was reported that she was almost sucked out of the plane. I have to wonder whether she completed the flight partially out the window, and emergency personnel though it would be less damaging to her to pull her all the way out.
bob75013 wrote:FriscoHeavy wrote:http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/04/17/southwest-airlines-planes-engine-explodes-passenger-reportedly-hit-with-shrapnel.html
The extraordinary statement of the fox news story is that it reported that the injured passenger was removed from the aircraft THROUGH THE WINDOW. Up thread it was reported that she was almost sucked out of the plane. I have to wonder whether she completed the flight partially out the window, and emergency personnel though it would be less damaging to her to pull her all the way out.
Scary stuff.
SonomaFlyer wrote:That's what I call an un-contained engine failure. Lets not assume its a MRO specific issue. There are a lot of reasons this could happen.
dmtroyer wrote:"My SW flight from NYC to DAL just blew an engine and the window blew out mid flight. I just saw a human being fly out of a plane 40,000 feet above. I’ve never been more terrified in my life"
https://twitter.com/cassface321/status/ ... 9976086530
Elementalism wrote:They test these engines for failure. But it seems like when they fail in real life they are uncontrolled more often than not. That was a detonation. Lucky there wasnt more structural damage to the wing and fuselage.