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A retired nurse was among those on Southwest Flight 1380 who tried in vain to help save a New Mexico woman on Tuesday. Peggy Phillips was one of several passengers who said they saw Jennifer Riordan partially sucked through a window after an engine exploded and the plane had to make an emergency landing.
A Southwest Airlines jet with a damaged engine and broken window made an emergency landing at Philadelphia's airport Tuesday, and one passenger was critically injured. A former federal investigator theorized the plane blew an engine and the shrapnel hit the aircraft.
A Southwest Airlines jet with a damaged engine and broken window made an emergency landing at Philadelphia's airport Tuesday, and one passenger was critically injured. A former federal investigator theorized the plane blew an engine and the shrapnel hit the aircraft.
Philadelphia: An engine on a Southwest Airlines flight with 149 people aboard exploded and broke apart in mid-air on Tuesday, killing one passenger and nearly sucking another out of a shattered window, according to airline and federal authorities and witness and media accounts. The plane, a Boeing 737-700 which was bound to Dallas from New York, made an emergency landing in Philadelphia.
Just look at the left engine of Southwest Flight 1380, and it's obvious that something terrible befell that machine. Whatever happened inside that complicated system of fuel and fire and whirling components, it resulted in the decompression of the cabin at about 32,000 feet and, later, the death of a passenger after she nearly flew out a window.
Almost 100 million U.S.-operated airline flights, carrying several billion people, had taken off and landed safely over a nine-year span since the last time a passenger died in an accident in the country. That record for avoiding fatalities - which had never been approached in the history of modern aviation - was splintered in an instant Tuesday when an engine on a Southwest Airlines Co.
One person died and seven others were injured when a battered Southwest Airlines jet with a blown engine and smashed window made a perilous emergency landing in Philadelphia on Tuesday. Dallas-bound Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 out of New York had 143 passengers and a crew of five onboard, Southwest said in a statement.
The engine on a Southwest Airlines plane is inspected as it sits on the runway at the Philadelphia International Airport after it made an emergency landing A federal investigator has said that one person died after a plane with engine failure made an emergency landing in Philadelphia. The Federal Aviation Administration says the flight from New York to Dallas made an emergency landing after the crew reported damage to one of the engines, as well as the fuselage and at least one window.
Returning and increased airplane noise over Burien is likely after the the Federal Aviation Administration claims that it can ignore potential environmental rules to permit more prop-jet planes to fly low over Burien A retired commercial pilot and former FAA inspector says such a move benefits wealthy corporations and imposes unnecessary penalties on Burien citizens. The Burien Council on Monday was also told by the new King County Sheriff that she is working on shoring up her police agency to gird against an increase in violent crime.
The parent company of Allegiant Air faced calls for an inquiry into its safety record and a sharp drop in its stock price after a report by CBS News' 60 Minutes alleged the US budget airline suffers a high number of mechanical problems. The 60 Minutes segment, which aired Sunday, found more than 100 "serious mechanical incidents" on the ultra-low-cost carrier between January 2016 and October 2017.
Reports showed that Allegiant was on average nearly three and a half times more likely to have a midair breakdown than Delta, United, American, Spirit, or JetBlue. The low-cost carrier Allegiant Air is under fire following a "60 Minutes" investigation that is raising significant safety concerns.
Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh will receive 'ICAO Council President Certificate' from International Civil Aviation Organization in recognition of implementing 75 percent of progress in The achievement crossed the global average of 60 percent making a 15 percent additional significant progress in optimising safety standards in Bangladesh, says a CAAB release. This achievement will boost the aviation sector.
The Scottsdale Police Department identified those killed as Erik Valente, 26; James Louis Pedroza, 28; Mariah Sunshine Coogan, 23; Anand Anil Patel, 28; Helena Lagos, 22; and Iris Carolina Rodriguez Garcia, 23. Valente was certified as an airline transport pilot, most recently on March 15, according to FAA records. He was also certified as a flight instructor.
Setting aside calls for a special ballot measure, Carlsbad city officials said this week they will continue to work with San Diego County to address residents' concerns about a proposal to lengthen the only runway at McClellan-Palomar Airport. County officials began the four-year process in 2014 to update the airport's master plan, which outlines plans for the runway extension of up to 800 additional feet, new safety systems and other expected improvements.
Months before a helicopter crashed in New York's East River, killing five people, pilots at Liberty Helicopters warned management of safety issues, an attorney representing several pilots said. "Safety has been a concern amongst my clients for a while now," attorney Debra Katz said.
A Resolute Eagle drone similar to this one crashed at Pendleton's airport around 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Drone testing by a defense contractor has stopped after one of the company's prototypes crashed on Saturday and set off a small wildfire near the Pendleton, Oregon, airport.
Two Elwood firefighters were killed when two planes collided at the Marion Municipal Airport Monday afternoon, according to the Grant County coroner. According to the Federal Aviation Administration , the planes involved were a single-engine Cessna 150 and a Cessna 525 Citation Jet.
This unmanned drone owned by American Aerospace Technologies that is about to take off on March 8 at Woodbine Municipal Airport in South Jersey carries a femtocell that Verizon can fly into an area that loses cellular coverage during a natural or other emergency. The rash of devastating storms that knocked out power and phone service to millions in the U.S. last year laid bare how vulnerable those technological lifelines are to extreme weather.
For centuries, mankind has reported seeing UFOs in various parts of the world. The alleged sightings have captivated the public imagination and raised questions about life beyond our planet.