Southwest flight engine failure; one dead, 7 injured

[Gravik]

Looks like the whole crew did a great job despite the situation.

https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news...-Window-Pilot-Tammie-Jo-Shults-480106663.html

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[03Sssnake]

The NTSB is going to give Southwest a colonoscopy on this one...probable the cause was cracked fan blade

 

[Gravik]

The NTSB is going to give Southwest a colonoscopy on this one...probable the cause was cracked fan blade

I'm flying southwest in a couple weeks too. Won't be sitting over the wing area lol

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[03Sssnake]

I'm flying southwest in a couple weeks too. Won't be sitting over the wing area lol

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This is actually a very rare thing to have happen these days...They torture test these jet engines under all manner of conditions, objects shot into jet engine etc.

From the looks of it, the nacelle, fan blade disk are still relatively intact.

 

[03cobra#694]

I saw this on the news this morning. I thought I heard that the engine was just worn out.

 

[MassCobra]

Sad that a person was killed but I believe I heard this is the first ever fatality for Southwest and the first overall in the U.S. in ten years. Pretty good record.

 

[03Sssnake]

apparently there was an airworthiness directive from GE to perform more frequent sonic inspections, though not sure it applies to this particular GE jet engine. Southwest has a fairly impeccable safety record, so I'd be a bit surprised if it turns out they missed an airworthiness directive.

 

[Zedeater]

RIP to that poor woman who died and and condolences to the family who are now without a wife & mother. What an awful way to go.

 

[HillbillyHotRod]

One reason to always keep you seat belt on

 

[03Sssnake]

One reason to always keep you seat belt on

Explosive decompression, belt or no belt she was going to be plugging that hole. There have been cases where passengers still strapped to their seats have been sucked out of the plane along with the seat under similar circumstances.

 

[blk02edge]

Rip to the woman who drew the most unlucky number imaginable but thankfully the plane landed. Ive flown a lot and can not imagine going through that. Worst nightmare

 

[SolarYellow]

The only way I'd ever fly again is if a parachute could replace a carry-on piece.

 

[03Sssnake]

The only way I'd ever fly again is if a parachute could replace a carry-on piece.

DB Cooper is that you?

 

[Tifosi2003GT]

From what I'm reading she died from her head injuries. Her waist up was outside the plane and another passenger pulled her back in.. That sucks!!

 

[DaleM]

From what I'm reading she died from her head injuries. Her waist up was outside the plane and another passenger pulled her back in.. That sucks!!

Got to hurt the spine being outside at 500mph too.

 

[Coiled03]

From what I'm reading she died from her head injuries. Her waist up was outside the plane and another passenger pulled her back in.. That sucks!!

Icwutudidthere.

 

[CobraBob]

One reason to always keep you seat belt on

That was my exact thought yesterday.

Yeah, very sad that the passenger died. She was in bad shape when the plane landed so I wasn't shocked to hear the news. Hats off to the (ex-Navy) pilot. She was might calm under the pressure of losing an entire engine. She did great.

 

[RedVenom48]

As an aviation enthusiast, it always sucks to hear about things like this. This flight had the right air crew on the right day, thankfully.

I really wonder what the root cause of the cracking could be. I know the 737 package as a whole is a low to the ground aircraft. Engine design and even main landing gear design is effected by the design principle.

Is it possible the engines on these heavier 700 and up series models have engines that have to spin their turbines and fans faster to make the power to get them and keep them airborne?

 

[gimmie11s]

I fly southwest every month for work.

Those were windows are SMALL.

Can’t imagine the upper half of your body fitting through it.

I’d imagine she had some pretty severe injuries.

So sad.


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[Ford>Chevy]

As an aviation enthusiast, it always sucks to hear about things like this. This flight had the right air crew on the right day, thankfully.

I really wonder what the root cause of the cracking could be. I know the 737 package as a whole is a low to the ground aircraft. Engine design and even main landing gear design is effected by the design principle.

Is it possible the engines on these heavier 700 and up series models have engines that have to spin their turbines and fans faster to make the power to get them and keep them airborne?

The Boeing 737-700 (the accident involved aircraft), along with the Boeing 757-200 have some of the best thrust to weight ratios in the commercial industry. It's a common practice amongst the airlines to perform a takeoff at less than max thrust to save wear and tear on the engines if possible (not always the case). If you're looking for videos of a max performance/max power takeoff, go look up a Southwest 737 takeoff at John Wayne Airport (SNA) in California on YouTube. They are quite impressive.