Southwest Airlines B737 Engine Explodes; Shrapnel Causes Rapid Decompression

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Southwest Airlines B737 Engine Explodes; Shrapnel Causes Rapid Decompression

Postby HJ1an » Wed Apr 18, 2018 12:54 am

Passengers aboard a Dallas-bound Southwest Airlines flight Tuesday struggled to pull a woman back into the plane after she was sucked into a hole left by a shattered window, witnesses said.

The woman died, officials said.

The woman was sitting on the left side of the plane when something in the engine apparently broke and smacked into the window. She hung out the hole for many minutes, said Amy Serafini and Hollie MacKay, who were in the seats behind the victim.

Many passengers kept trying to pull the woman back into the plane for a long time, until two men were able to get the woman back in her seat, they said.


https://edition.cnn.com/2018/04/17/us/philadelphia-southwest-flight-emergency-landing/index.html

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Re: Southwest Airlines B737 Engine Explodes; Shrapnel Causes Rapid Decompression

Postby HJ1an » Wed Apr 18, 2018 12:57 am

This reminds me of National Airlines Flight 27, November 3, 1973

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Airlines_Flight_27

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Re: Southwest Airlines B737 Engine Explodes; Shrapnel Causes Rapid Decompression

Postby SHM » Wed Apr 18, 2018 4:53 am

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Re: Southwest Airlines B737 Engine Explodes; Shrapnel Causes Rapid Decompression

Postby HJ1an » Wed Apr 18, 2018 7:03 am

I am watching the video. Seems a bit curious that they didn't mention they have a decompression. Or maybe I missed it. Or was cut out.

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Re: Southwest Airlines B737 Engine Explodes; Shrapnel Causes Rapid Decompression

Postby Degreenia » Thu May 10, 2018 1:14 pm

HJ1an wrote:I am reading this expert review of D-Bal Max and watching the video. Seems a bit curious that they didn't mention they have a decompression. Or maybe I missed it. Or was cut out.


Goes to show what kind of forces the plane deals with up there. Very scary stuff.


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