Southwest Airlines Emergency Landing at PHL

Bird strike or turbine blade let loose?

 

Have you seen the engine????? Blades ripped the whole cowling off. GE Safron engine. Notice the front leading edge of the wing sustained damage. Complete engine failure.

 

The woman has head trauma as she was sucked out the pierced hole due to cabin loosing pressure at what 30,000ft????

 

The Captain of this Southwest flight should be mentioned in the thread about female pilots... very nice job on her part!

You can listen to her here, starting at about 14:00...

http://archive-server.liveatc.net/kphl/PHL-App-North-Arrival-Apr-17-2018-1500Z.mp3

 

Thankfully in-flight engine shutdowns such as these are just minor incidences (according to the pilots) and the plane can fly all day long like this.

 

I thought these engines had shrouds strong enough to keep the fan blades inside.

I guess not!

I'm assuming because it happened at 32,000 feet the engine was in cruise mode and not full power when it let go.

Glad everyone is safe. I'm sure it scared the hell out of people on board.

 

There is blood all over the side windows aft to the one that was penetrated.

Pax say "blood everywhere." Passenger is in critical condition from head trauma.

Terrible. I flew swa Sunday and avoided the red line on the engine like Terry pointed out about the blade line. I sat a row in front of emergency exit. That window is 4 behind emergency...

 

One blade, not the entire fan.

 

One fatality now

 

Very sad.

 

Having the engine shut down was the least of their problems...

 

This one had explosive shrapnel that punctured the hull and fatally wounded a passenger as well as injuries to seven others. Gal pilot did a cool job of getting the plane back to the airport.

 

Wow just heard about this on the news

 

Someone was actually reading the safety card.

 

Yes her arms and upper body were sucked out the window and passengers pulled her back in and they got blood on them too. Horrible way to die.

I recall a pilot being sucked out the cockpit window partially but survived.

 

I'm not a pilot but she was incredibly calm given the situation. Interesting to listen to the ATC moving stuff around.

 

Where did you see this info?

 

I saw a version of that in early reporting. not sure if that was poor "eyewitness testimony" or what.

 

Just saw this on CNN:

 

Thanks. I was more referring to the info about the SWA incident; I hadn't seen the reports that a passenger was partially sucked out.

 

Here:

British Airways Captain... sucked halfway out, Steward held onto his belt and leg... steward even got frostbite...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways_Flight_5390

 

She was an F-18 pilot and instructor in the Navy before joining Southwest.

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

 

You’re a pilot so the tape is probably old news and normal to you. I listen to it and just think she’s a boss. Same for the atc guy when he connects what’s going on. Everyone on point.