Hard to believe it has been 9 years since the last commercial airline accident death in the US

One person has died after a Southwest plane engine failed in midair today, marking the first accidental domestic airline fatality in nine years, said the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).

Flight 1380 was en route from New York City's LaGuardia International Airport to Dallas Love Field when the engine failure forced the plane to make an emergency landing at the Philadelphia International Airport this morning.

Passenger Matt Tranchin said the flight took a turn when he saw a "huge explosion and glass shattering three rows ahead of me."

"Flight attendants rushed up. There was momentary chaos. Everyone kind of descended on where this hole was. As passengers, we weren't sure if they were trying to cover up the hole, but the plane smelled like smoke. There was ash coming through the ventilation system. We started dropping," Tranchin told ABC station WPVI in Philadelphia. "Some of the crew couldn't hold back their horror. And some were crying as they looked out through the open window onto the engine."

Southwest emergency landing: 1 dead after engine fails in midair

Haven’t seen the report, but the follow up to the 60 Minutes report on Allegiant Air was scary. Personally, I’ve only flown them once, and had no problem, but this gives pause.

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/flyer-beware-60-minutes-allegiant-air-investigation/

I hope this experience hasn't put any of you off flying. Statistically speaking, it's still the safest way to travel.

And Allegiant’s response:
https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/allegiant-airlines-fires-back-60-minutes-report-safety/story?id=54500522

There was some confusion whether the woman that got partially sucked out died or someone else did from a heart attack.

That article doesn't state definitely which, would the heart attack count as an accident death?

Well that's horrifying.

LooseGoose wrote:There was some confusion whether the woman that got partially sucked out died or someone else did from a heart attack.

That article doesn't state definitely which, would the heart attack count as an accident death?

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

Makes you think twice about whether or not to take a window seat.

Seriously, can only think of maybe one other incident remotely like this in my longer than I'd care to admit memory, one in millions. Still scary as hell.

NigelUno wrote:

LooseGoose wrote:There was some confusion whether the woman that got partially sucked out died or someone else did from a heart attack.

That article doesn't state definitely which, would the heart attack count as an accident death?

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

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 Hollie Mackey, who sat next to the victim, and Amy Serafini, who was in the row behind the woman.
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.
A nurse answered a call for help and tried to do CPR.

CORNER BLITZ wrote: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 Hollie Mackey, who sat next to the victim, and Amy Serafini, who was in the row behind the woman.
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.
A nurse answered a call for help and tried to do CPR.

Yep, that was a later story, the early stories weren't as clear. RIP for the lady, that had to be horrible.

Yuck.

I.B. Fine wrote:Makes you think twice about whether or not to take a window seat.

Seriously, can only think of maybe one other incident remotely like this in my longer than I'd care to admit memory, one in millions. Still scary as hell.

Or to ever unbuckle your lap belt.

I.B. Fine wrote:Makes you think twice about whether or not to take a window seat.

Seriously, can only think of maybe one other incident remotely like this in my longer than I'd care to admit memory, one in millions. Still scary as hell.

Hawaiian Airlines? A big portion of the roof ripped off and a woman got ejected, IIRC. The brother of a close friend was on that same flight, but deplaned on the last stop before the accident, which I think was Seattle. Maybe it wasn’t the last stop, it’s been too long since it happened for me to remember correctly.


Edit: I just checked and it was Aloha Airlines, not Hawaiian.

Amazing how calm the pilot is ... I'd be screaming bloody murder into the microphone..

https://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/the-pilot-who-saved-that-southwest-flight-is-a-badass-1825341463

tGreenWay wrote:

I.B. Fine wrote:Makes you think twice about whether or not to take a window seat.

Seriously, can only think of maybe one other incident remotely like this in my longer than I'd care to admit memory, one in millions. Still scary as hell.

Hawaiian Airlines? A big portion of the roof ripped off and a woman got ejected, IIRC. The brother of a close friend was on that same flight, but deplaned on the last stop before the accident, which I think was Seattle. Maybe it wasn’t the last stop, it’s been too long since it happened for me to remember correctly.


Edit: I just checked and it was Aloha Airlines, not Hawaiian.

Yeah, fuck this.

tGreenWay wrote:

I.B. Fine wrote:Makes you think twice about whether or not to take a window seat.

Seriously, can only think of maybe one other incident remotely like this in my longer than I'd care to admit memory, one in millions. Still scary as hell.

Hawaiian Airlines? A big portion of the roof ripped off and a woman got ejected, IIRC. The brother of a close friend was on that same flight, but deplaned on the last stop before the accident, which I think was Seattle. Maybe it wasn’t the last stop, it’s been too long since it happened for me to remember correctly.


Edit: I just checked and it was Aloha Airlines, not Hawaiian.

Yeah, that's the one I was thinking of. Another reason to keep your seat belt on.