Who is Tammie Jo Shults? Pilot of Southwest flight called a 'hero' with 'nerves of steel'
The pilot who safely landed a stricken Southwest Airlines flight on Tuesday got her first flying experience in the U.S. Navy, touching down F-18 fighter jets at 150 miles per hour on aircraft carriers. Tammie Jo Shults, 56, may have drawn on her Navy skills when one of the two engines on her Boeing 737-700 blew and broke apart at 32,000 feet on Tuesday, forcing her to implement a rapid descent towards Philadelphia International Airport. The explosion killed one passenger and nearly sucked another out of a shattered window. One of the first ...
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