Lori Aratani, The Washington Post Published 3:53 pm PST, Wednesday, November 14, 2018 There was a loud boom, followed by strong vibrations, then Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 rolled 41 degrees before pilots were able to stabilize it. One flight attendant said the pressure in her ears was so great she could barely hear anything. Crew members went row by row to check on passengers and a flight attendant described reaching row 14 to find a woman still restrained in her seat by her lap belt, but whose upper torso, arms and head had been pulled outside the plane through a broken window. Flight attendants grabbed the woman with the help of two male passengers. Another passenger, a nurse, began CPR while a flight attendant ran to retrieve the defibrillator. The woman, who was later identified as 43-year-old Jennifer Riordan, of Albuquerque, died. The chilling details were among the information released Wednesday in the opening of a National Transportation Safety Board hearing … [Read more...] about Federal investigators open hearing into cause of fatal Southwest Airlines engine explosion
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Details from fatal Southwest flight’s emergency landing in Philly revealed
Details from the fatal Southwest flight were unveiled Wednesday at a National Transportation Safety Board hearing, months after the plane’s dramatic emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport. Among the most jarring scenes discussed in the hearing was one flight attendant’s account of the moments just after the plane’s left engine failed.“When flight attendant Rachel Fernheimer got to row 14,” the Associated Press reported, “she saw a woman still restrained by her lap belt but with her head, torso, and arm hanging out a window.” Fernheimer reportedly grabbed one of the woman’s legs while another attendant grabbed the woman’s lower body, but it still took help from two male passengers to pull the passenger back inside the plane. At least one of the male passengers willingly reached his arm out of the window and wrapped it around the endangered passenger’s shoulder to help pull her back in. According to Fernheimer's … [Read more...] about Details from fatal Southwest flight’s emergency landing in Philly revealed
NTSB hearing details fatal incident on Southwest flight
National Transportation Safety Board investigators examine damage to the engine of the Southwest Airlines plane that made an emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia on April 17, 2018. (NTSB via AP)A Southwest Airlines plane sits on the runway at the Philadelphia International Airport after it made an emergency landing in Philadelphia on April 17, 2018. (David Maialetti/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)A National Transportation Safety Board investigator examines damage to the engine of the Southwest Airlines plane that made an emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia on April 17, 2018. (NTSB via AP, File) There was a loud bang, and suddenly the Southwest Airlines jet rolled 41 degrees to the left. Smoke began to fill the cabin, and flight attendants rushed row by row to make sure all passengers could get oxygen from their masks. When flight attendant Rachel Fernheimer got to row 14, she saw a woman still restrained by her … [Read more...] about NTSB hearing details fatal incident on Southwest flight
NTSB concludes hearing of fatal Southwest engine failure incident
National Transportation Safety Board investigators examine damage to the engine of the Southwest Airlines plane that made an emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia on April 17, 2018. In new accounts released Wednesday, Nov. 14, into the April accident, the flight attendants described being unable to bring the woman back in the plane until two male passengers stepped in to help. The flight attendants told investigators at least one of the men put his arm out of the window and wrapped it around the woman’s shoulder to help pull her back in. (NTSB via AP)A Southwest Airlines plane sits on the runway at the Philadelphia International Airport after it made an emergency landing in Philadelphia on April 17, 2018. In new accounts released Wednesday, Nov. 14, into the April accident, the flight attendants described being unable to bring the woman back in the plane until two male passengers stepped in to help. The flight attendants told investigators at … [Read more...] about NTSB concludes hearing of fatal Southwest engine failure incident
Hearing reveals chilling details of fatal Southwest flight
David Koenig and Claudia Lauer, Associated Press Updated 11:13 am PST, Wednesday, November 14, 2018 In this April 17, 2018 photo provided by Marty Martinez, Martinez, left, appears with other passengers after a jet engine blew out on the Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 plane he was flying in from New York to Dallas, resulting in the death of a woman who was nearly sucked from a window during the flight with 149 people aboard. A preliminary examination of the blown jet engine that set off a terrifying chain of events showed evidence of "metal fatigue," according to the National Transportation Safety Board. (Marty Martinez via AP) less In this April 17, 2018 photo provided by Marty Martinez, Martinez, left, appears with other passengers after a jet engine blew out on the Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 plane he was flying in from New York to ... more Photo: Marty Martinez, Associated Press … [Read more...] about Hearing reveals chilling details of fatal Southwest flight