U.S. inspectors probe deadly Southwest jet engine explosion

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U.S. inspectors probe deadly Southwest jet engine explosion

The National Transportation Safety Board on Wednesday was inspecting the wrecked engine of a Southwest Airlines Co jet that blew up in mid air, killing a passenger in the first deadly U.S. commercial airline accident in nine years. The engine explosion, which occurred about 20 minutes after the Dallas-bound Southwest Flight 1380 with 149 on board took off from New York's LaGuardia Airport, sent pieces of shrapnel flying, including one that shattered a window near the plane's left wing, killing bank executive Jennifer Riordan, 43. An NTSB ...

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Apr 18, 2018

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Southwest Airlines plane with blown-out window makes emergency landing in Philadelphia

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1 Dead After Southwest Airlines Flight Suffers Engine Failure

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1 Dead After Southwest Airlines Flight Suffers Engine Failure

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New Mexico mourns bank executive killed on Southwest plane

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New Mexico mourns bank executive killed on Southwest plane

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One killed after Southwest jet engine exploded in flight

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One killed after Southwest jet engine exploded in flight

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Engine that exploded on Southwest Airlines flight is one of the most widely used

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Passenger Killed On Southwest Flight Is the First U.S. Commercial Airline Fatality In 9 Years

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Passenger Killed On Southwest Flight Is the First U.S. Commercial Airline Fatality In 9 Years

The passenger death marks the first fatality on a U.S. airline in nine years, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) chairman Robert Sumwalt said at a news conference Tuesday. The last fatal U.S. airline crash was on Feb. 12, 2009, when crashed while approaching Buffalo, New York, according ...

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Woman Killed In Southwest Airline Emergency Landing Was a Wells Fargo Executive and Mom of 2

because an engine exploded was identified a mother of two from New Mexico. Jennifer Riordan, a bank executive and mother to two children, was killed after shrapnel from the flight’s blown out engine broke a plane window and struck her, the Associated Press reports. Riordan was the vice president ...

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New Mexico mourns bank executive killed on Southwest plane

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Family, friends and community leaders are mourning the death of a bank executive on a Southwest Airlines jet that blew an engine as she was flying home from a business trip to New York.

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One passenger dead after Southwest engine failure

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One passenger dead after Southwest engine failure

An engine on a Dallas-bound Southwest Airlines flight apparently exploded on Tuesday, forcing an emergency landing in Philadelphia as one passenger was killed, according to officials. Yahaira Jacquez reports.

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Listen to how Tammie Jo Shults, hero pilot of Southwest 1380, kept calm and saved her passengers

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Listen to how Tammie Jo Shults, hero pilot of Southwest 1380, kept calm and saved her passengers

incident has emerged, showing how pilot Tammie Jo Shults remained completely calm after an engine exploded and a woman passenger was nearly sucked out of the plane. Former fighter pilot Ms Shults has been hailed a hero for the way she nursed Flight 1380 to an emergency landing while calmly ...

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New video from inside flight that made emergency landing

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Pilot of Southwest flight with blown engine was Navy fighter

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The Latest: Southwest to speed up engine inspections

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Latest on a plane making an emergency landing in Philadelphia (all times local): Southwest Airlines says it's speeding up inspections of engines like the one that failed and sent debris smashing into a plane window, leading to the death of a passenger. Southwest said ...

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Hero Southwest Airlines pilot Tammie Jo Shults praised after landing distressed aircraft

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Hero Southwest Airlines pilot Tammie Jo Shults praised after landing distressed aircraft

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Airlines check some Boeing 737 engines after fatal Southwest accident

SINGAPORE/PARIS (Reuters) - Airlines began inspecting some Boeing Co 737 engines on Wednesday as an investigation gathered pace into an explosion which killed a passenger on a Southwest Airlines flight in the first fatal U.S. airline accident in almost a decade. This month European regulators ...

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Evidence of metal fatigue in deadly plane engine explosion

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Passengers say pilot of ill-fated Southwest Airlines flight is a hero

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