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'''Southwest Airlines Flight 1380''' (WN1380, SWA1380){{efn|WN is the [[IATA airline designator|IATA designator]] and SWA is the [[ICAO airline designator]].}} was a [[Boeing 737 Next Generation|Boeing 737-700]] on a US domestic flight en route from [[LaGuardia Airport|New York-LaGuardia Airport]] to [[Dallas Love Field|Dallas]]. On April&nbsp;17, 2018,<ref name="WaPo">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/one-person-is-dead-after-engine-fails-on-southwest-flight-forcing-emergency-landing/2018/04/17/a58bc66c-427e-11e8-bba2-0976a82b05a2_story.html|title=One person dead after Southwest plane's engine fails, forcing landing|last1=Siddiqui|first1=Faiz|date=April 18, 2018|access-date=18 April 2018|publisher=The Washington Post|last2=Powers|first2=Martine|last3=Halsey III|first3=Ashley}}</ref> the #1 (left side) engine experienced a fan blade separation, resulting in engine failure and subsequent catastrophic loss of the inlet assembly and parts of the cowling. The debris damaged the left side of the fuselage and one side window; the window failed, causing a rapid depressurization of the aircraft. A female passenger was killed when she was partially sucked out of the failed window. The plane made an emergency descent and landed at [[Philadelphia International Airport]].<ref name="nyt">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/17/us/southwest-airlines-explosion.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news|title=A Southwest Airlines Engine Explodes, Killing a Passenger|last1=Stack|first1=Liam|date=April 17, 2018|access-date=April 17, 2018|publisher=New York Times|last2=Stevens|first2=Matt}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SWA1380/history/20180417/1430Z/KLGA/KPHL/tracklog|title=Flight Track Log ✈ SWA1380 ✈ 17-Apr-2018 ✈ KLGA&nbsp;— KPHL ✈ FlightAware|website=FlightAware|language=en|access-date=2018-04-18}}</ref><ref name="flight">{{cite web|url=https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N772SW/history/20180417/1430ZZ/KLGA/KPHL|title=N772SW ✈ 17-Apr-2018 ✈ KLGA&nbsp;— KPHL ✈ FlightAware|last=|first=|date=|website=FlightAware|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=April 17, 2018}}</ref>
'''Southwest Airlines Flight 1380''' was a [[Boeing 737 Next Generation|Boeing 737-700]] on a US domestic flight en route from [[LaGuardia Airport|New York-LaGuardia Airport]] to [[Dallas Love Field|Dallas]]. On April&nbsp;17, 2018,<ref name="WaPo">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/one-person-is-dead-after-engine-fails-on-southwest-flight-forcing-emergency-landing/2018/04/17/a58bc66c-427e-11e8-bba2-0976a82b05a2_story.html|title=One person dead after Southwest plane's engine fails, forcing landing|last1=Siddiqui|first1=Faiz|date=April 18, 2018|access-date=18 April 2018|publisher=The Washington Post|last2=Powers|first2=Martine|last3=Halsey III|first3=Ashley}}</ref> the #1 (left side) engine experienced a fan blade separation, resulting in engine failure and subsequent catastrophic loss of the inlet assembly and parts of the cowling. The debris damaged the left side of the fuselage and one side window; the window failed, causing a rapid depressurization of the aircraft. A female passenger was killed when she was partially sucked out of the failed window. The plane made an emergency descent and landed at [[Philadelphia International Airport]].<ref name="nyt">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/17/us/southwest-airlines-explosion.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news|title=A Southwest Airlines Engine Explodes, Killing a Passenger|last1=Stack|first1=Liam|date=April 17, 2018|access-date=April 17, 2018|publisher=New York Times|last2=Stevens|first2=Matt}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SWA1380/history/20180417/1430Z/KLGA/KPHL/tracklog|title=Flight Track Log ✈ SWA1380 ✈ 17-Apr-2018 ✈ KLGA&nbsp;— KPHL ✈ FlightAware|website=FlightAware|language=en|access-date=2018-04-18}}</ref><ref name="flight">{{cite web|url=https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N772SW/history/20180417/1430ZZ/KLGA/KPHL|title=N772SW ✈ 17-Apr-2018 ✈ KLGA&nbsp;— KPHL ✈ FlightAware|last=|first=|date=|website=FlightAware|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=April 17, 2018}}</ref>


== Route, aircraft, crew and passengers ==
== Route, aircraft, crew and passengers ==
Flight 1380 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight from [[LaGuardia Airport|New York-LaGuardia Airport]] to [[San Francisco International Airport|San Francisco]] with intermediate stops in [[Dallas Love Field|Dallas]], [[Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport|New Orleans]], [[Oakland International Airport|Oakland]], [[Reno–Tahoe International Airport|Reno]], and [[McCarran International Airport|Las Vegas]].
Flight 1380 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight from [[LaGuardia Airport|New York-LaGuardia Airport]] to [[San Francisco International Airport|San Francisco]] with intermediate stops in [[Dallas Love Field|Dallas]], [[Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport|New Orleans]], [[Oakland International Airport|Oakland]], [[Reno–Tahoe International Airport|Reno]], and [[McCarran International Airport|Las Vegas]].


The aircraft was a [[Boeing 737 Next Generation|Boeing 737-700]] in service since 2000<ref name="ASN">{{cite web |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20180417-0 |title=N772SW Accident description |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |access-date=April 17, 2018}}</ref> with 40,000 cycles on the engine which failed{{snd}}a quarter of those since it was overhauled.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/17/us/philadelphia-southwest-flight-emergency-landing/index.html|title='Chaos all around' as Southwest jet makes emergency landing in Philadelphia|first=Eliott C. McLaughlin, Brian Todd and Julia Jones,|last=CNN|publisher=}}</ref>
The aircraft (WN1380, SWA1380){{efn|WN is the [[IATA airline designator|IATA designator]] and SWA is the [[ICAO airline designator]].}} was a [[Boeing 737 Next Generation|Boeing 737-700]] in service since 2000<ref name="ASN">{{cite web |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20180417-0 |title=N772SW Accident description |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |access-date=April 17, 2018}}</ref> with 40,000 cycles on the engine which failed{{snd}}a quarter of those since it was overhauled.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/17/us/philadelphia-southwest-flight-emergency-landing/index.html|title='Chaos all around' as Southwest jet makes emergency landing in Philadelphia|first=Eliott C. McLaughlin, Brian Todd and Julia Jones,|last=CNN|publisher=}}</ref>


[[United States Navy]] ex-jet fighter pilot [[Tammie Jo Shults]] was the captain of the flight <ref>{{cite news|last1=Lee|first1=Tracy|title=Who is Tammie Jo Shults? The pilot who reportedly landed Southwest flight safely|url=http://www.newsweek.com/who-tammie-jo-shuts-pilot-who-landed-southwest-890124|access-date=April 18, 2018|work=Newsweek|date=April 17, 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article209178274.html|title=Heroic Southwest pilot studied in Olathe, among 1st female fighter pilots in military|publisher=The Kansas City Star|date=April 17, 2018|access-date=April 18, 2018}}</ref><ref name="2018-04-18_NT">[https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2018/04/18/southwest-pilot-who-landed-crippled-plane-was-a-navy-aviation-pioneer/ Southwest pilot who landed crippled plane was a Navy aviation pioneer], Geoff Ziezulewicz, NavyTimes.com, 2018-04-18</ref> and Darren Ellisor, a [[United States Air Force]] veteran, was the first officer.<ref>{{cite web|last=Glowatz |first=Elana |url=http://www.newsweek.com/darren-ellisor-co-pilot-fatal-southwest-flight-engine-failure-identified-892064 |title=Who Is Darren Ellisor? Co-Pilot During Fatal Southwest Flight With Engine Failure Identified |publisher=Newsweek.com |date= |accessdate=2018-04-18}}</ref> There were 144 passengers and three [[Flight attendant|flight attendants]] aboard.
[[United States Navy]] ex-jet fighter pilot [[Tammie Jo Shults]] was the captain of the flight <ref>{{cite news|last1=Lee|first1=Tracy|title=Who is Tammie Jo Shults? The pilot who reportedly landed Southwest flight safely|url=http://www.newsweek.com/who-tammie-jo-shuts-pilot-who-landed-southwest-890124|access-date=April 18, 2018|work=Newsweek|date=April 17, 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article209178274.html|title=Heroic Southwest pilot studied in Olathe, among 1st female fighter pilots in military|publisher=The Kansas City Star|date=April 17, 2018|access-date=April 18, 2018}}</ref><ref name="2018-04-18_NT">[https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2018/04/18/southwest-pilot-who-landed-crippled-plane-was-a-navy-aviation-pioneer/ Southwest pilot who landed crippled plane was a Navy aviation pioneer], Geoff Ziezulewicz, NavyTimes.com, 2018-04-18</ref> and Darren Ellisor, a [[United States Air Force]] veteran, was the first officer.<ref>{{cite web|last=Glowatz |first=Elana |url=http://www.newsweek.com/darren-ellisor-co-pilot-fatal-southwest-flight-engine-failure-identified-892064 |title=Who Is Darren Ellisor? Co-Pilot During Fatal Southwest Flight With Engine Failure Identified |publisher=Newsweek.com |date= |accessdate=2018-04-18}}</ref> There were 144 passengers and three [[Flight attendant|flight attendants]] aboard.

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Southwest Airlines Flight 1380
The aircraft involved in the accident, in 2013
Accident
DateApril 17, 2018
SummaryEngine failure with parts striking fuselage
SiteOver Bernville, Pennsylvania
Aircraft
Aircraft typeBoeing 737-7H4
OperatorSouthwest Airlines
RegistrationN772SW
Flight originLaGuardia Airport,
New York, New York
DestinationDallas Love Field,
Dallas, Texas
Passengers144
Crew5
Fatalities1
Injuries7

Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 was a Boeing 737-700 on a US domestic flight en route from New York-LaGuardia Airport to Dallas. On April 17, 2018,[1] the #1 (left side) engine experienced a fan blade separation, resulting in engine failure and subsequent catastrophic loss of the inlet assembly and parts of the cowling. The debris damaged the left side of the fuselage and one side window; the window failed, causing a rapid depressurization of the aircraft. A female passenger was killed when she was partially sucked out of the failed window. The plane made an emergency descent and landed at Philadelphia International Airport.[2][3][4]

Route, aircraft, crew and passengers

Flight 1380 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight from New York-LaGuardia Airport to San Francisco with intermediate stops in Dallas, New Orleans, Oakland, Reno, and Las Vegas.

The aircraft (WN1380, SWA1380)[a] was a Boeing 737-700 in service since 2000[5] with 40,000 cycles on the engine which failed – a quarter of those since it was overhauled.[6]

United States Navy ex-jet fighter pilot Tammie Jo Shults was the captain of the flight [7][8][9] and Darren Ellisor, a United States Air Force veteran, was the first officer.[10] There were 144 passengers and three flight attendants aboard.

Accident

Initial reports suggest that about 20 minutes into the flight parts of one engine failed along[2][11] with a passenger window failure resulting in an uncontrolled decompression.[12][13]

A passenger, later deceased, was sitting adjacent to the damaged window and was seen with the upper portion of her torso of outside the fuselage.[14][15][16][17][18] Fellow passengers pulled her back into the cabin and performed CPR,[19][20]. [21] News reports described chaos in the cabin, with passengers attempting to post on social media as the event unfolded.[15][16][17]

Meanwhile, immediately after the engine failure the aircraft suddenly banked 41 degrees to the left, landing in Philadelphia at about 11:20 a.m.[22] without further damage. The pilots decided to land the aircraft setting the flaps to 5° at 165 knots (306 km/h).[13] There was a fuel leak and a small fire which was quickly brought under control.[23] Emergency slides were not deployed and passengers deplaned by mobile stairs.[24]

Parts of nacelle of the failed engine were found near Bernville, Pennsylvania, 60 miles (100 km) northwest of Philadelphia.[11][25]

The partially ejected passenger[21] died in the hospital later that day,[15][16][22] reportedly of blunt-force trauma to the head, neck, and torso.[26][27] Seven others were also injured. They were treated at the airport and not hospitalized.[22]

Investigation

One fan blade is visibly absent from the damaged engine, just below the NTSB inspector's right hand.
Pieces of the engine nacelle cowling were found in a Pennsylvania field.

The NTSB's preliminary investigation revealed that an engine fan blade had failed, that there was evidence of metal fatigue where the blade broke off, and that the agency does not yet know what caused the window to break.[28] The full investigation is likely to take 12 to 15 months.[16][13] European and U.S. regulators ordered inspection of all 737s powered by CFM 56-7B engines. Because the engine manufacturer is a US-French company, France's BEA Accident Investigation Agency was also sending experts to assist.[29]

Reactions

United States Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao commended "the pilots who safely landed the aircraft, and the crew and fellow passengers who provided support and care for the injured, preventing what could have been far worse."[30]

United States Representative Martha McSally introduced a resolution in Congress commending the captain of the flight.[31]

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Southwest Airlines Flight 1380.

Notes

  1. ^ WN is the IATA designator and SWA is the ICAO airline designator.

References

  1. ^ Siddiqui, Faiz; Powers, Martine; Halsey III, Ashley (April 18, 2018). "One person dead after Southwest plane's engine fails, forcing landing". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  2. ^ a b Stack, Liam; Stevens, Matt (April 17, 2018). "A Southwest Airlines Engine Explodes, Killing a Passenger". New York Times. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  3. ^ "Flight Track Log ✈ SWA1380 ✈ 17-Apr-2018 ✈ KLGA — KPHL ✈ FlightAware". FlightAware. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  4. ^ "N772SW ✈ 17-Apr-2018 ✈ KLGA — KPHL ✈ FlightAware". FlightAware. Retrieved April 17, 2018. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  5. ^ "N772SW Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  6. ^ CNN, Eliott C. McLaughlin, Brian Todd and Julia Jones,. "'Chaos all around' as Southwest jet makes emergency landing in Philadelphia". {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Lee, Tracy (April 17, 2018). "Who is Tammie Jo Shults? The pilot who reportedly landed Southwest flight safely". Newsweek. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  8. ^ "Heroic Southwest pilot studied in Olathe, among 1st female fighter pilots in military". The Kansas City Star. April 17, 2018. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  9. ^ Southwest pilot who landed crippled plane was a Navy aviation pioneer, Geoff Ziezulewicz, NavyTimes.com, 2018-04-18
  10. ^ Glowatz, Elana. "Who Is Darren Ellisor? Co-Pilot During Fatal Southwest Flight With Engine Failure Identified". Newsweek.com. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  11. ^ a b "1 dead in Southwest Airlines flight emergency landing in Philadelphia — live updates".
  12. ^ Alexandra Villarreal and David Koenig Associated Press. "One dead after Southwest plane blows engine, makes emergency landing in Philadelphia". Chicago Tribune. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  13. ^ a b c Hradecky, Simon. "Accident: Southwest B737 near Philadelphia on Apr 17th 2018, uncontained engine failure takes out passenger window". Aviation Herald. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  14. ^ "Southwest Jet Engine Blows Out in Flight, Killing Passenger". Bloomberg.com. April 17, 2018. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  15. ^ a b c Joyce, Kathleen (April 17, 2018). "Southwest Airlines plane's engine explodes; 1 passenger dead".
  16. ^ a b c d "One dead after Southwest Airlines jet engine 'explosion'". BBC News Online. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  17. ^ a b "Woman Killed, 7 Hurt in Mid-Air Exploding Engine Incident".
  18. ^ Stack, Liam; Stevens, Matt (April 17, 2018). "A Southwest Airlines Engine Explodes, Killing a Passenger". New York Times. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  19. ^ By JACK HEALY and CHRISTINE HAUSERAPRIL 18, 2018. "Inside Southwest Flight 1380, 20 Minutes of Chaos and Terror". Nytimes.com. Retrieved April 18, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  20. ^ Karma Allen And Morgan Winsor (January 26, 2017). "Southwest passenger 'did what any registered nurse would do' in attempt to save woman who later died". Yahoo.com. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  21. ^ a b "Wells Fargo VP dead after Southwest plane makes emergency landing". NY Daily News. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  22. ^ a b c "Person Killed in Mid-Air Exploding Engine Incident".
  23. ^ "1 dead in Southwest Airlines flight emergency landing in Philadelphia". CBS News. April 17, 2018.
  24. ^ Stumpf, Rob. "Southwest Airlines Plane Lands in Philadelphia After Engine Problem Mid-Flight". The Drive. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  25. ^ Jr, Manuel Gamiz. "Worker who found Southwest plane debris: 'What! How does airplane stuff fall out of the sky'". themorningcall.com. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  26. ^ April 18, 2018, 6:59 PM (September 18, 1927). "Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 emergency landing: Latest NTSB updates about deadly jet engine explosion". CBS News. Retrieved April 18, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  27. ^ "Southwest Airlines flight makes emergency landing in Philadelphia — live updates". Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  28. ^ Zhang, Benjamin (April 19, 2018). "The Southwest plane window blew out after engine explosion, but airplane windows are stronger than you think". Business Insider Singapore. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  29. ^ "Mandatory Inspection On All Boeing 737 Engines Following Southwest Incident - Airways Magazine". Airways Magazine. April 18, 2018. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  30. ^ "Statement from U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao on Southwest Airlines Flight 1380". April 17, 2018. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  31. ^ "McSally to Introduce Congressional Resolution to Honor Southwest Pilot Tammie Jo Shults for Her Life-Saving Heroism". Congresswoman Martha McSally. April 19, 2018. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  32. ^ "Death on Southwest plane shatters record U.S. safety string". Indianapolis Business Journal. Bloomberg News. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  33. ^ Alan Levin; Thomas Black (April 17, 2018). "Southwest Jet Engine Blows Out in Flight, Killing One Passenger". bloomberg.com. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  34. ^ "Southwest engine failure echoes details of 2016 accident". Flight Global. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
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