At least one passenger was taken to the hospital and several people were reported injured after a Southwest Airlines plane made an emergency landing in Philadelphia on Tuesday, officials said.
WACU reported a passenger was “partially sucked out” of one of the plane’s windows when the engine exploded and broke a window, a father of one of the passengers said.
“One passenger, a woman, was partially…was drawn out towards the outside of the plane…was pulled back in by other passengers,” Todd Bauer, the father of one of the passengers said.
Sources told FOX 29 that one passenger was in critical condition with head trauma and nine others were injured in the incident. It was not immediately clear if any of the nine injured were hospitalized.
A Southwest Airlines spokesperson said the plane diverted “because of an operational event” but photos appeared to show engine damage.
Flight 1380 was en route from LaGuardia Airport in New York City to Dallas Love Field when it was diverted to Philadelphia International Airport. The plane was carrying 143 passengers and five crewmembers.
The Philadelphia Fire Department was on the scene helping evacuate passengers.
Marty Martinez, a passenger on the flight, posted a video on his personal Facebook page stating he was “recording his last moments.” Martinez told CBS News there was “blood everywhere” on the aircraft.
“We were probably going down for 10 to 15 minutes,” Martinez said. “And of course everyone is freaking out, everyone is crying. It was the scariest experience.”
Southwest said in a statement it was “aware” of the incident.
next time you take the bus to Australia let me know
I understand that but in my opinion, since I am not the pilot, yet I do drive a car, I understand the pain of the pilot too. Each in their own right.
Airplanes carry large amounts of passengers at once. When there’s an accident it is a bigger event with more impact.
This was the first fatality on a US airliner since 2009
A person is much more likely to be fatally injured in a collision on the way to the airport than experience a fatal injury as a result of flying Airplanes are extremely safe, if you need any more proof, just notice how this one non-fatal incident made the news and car crashes generally don’t. As seen here, even if something does go wrong (which is exceedingly rare), airplanes have plenty of redundancies and safety features, such as being perfectly capable of flying with just one engine and even have the ability to land safely in many cases with no engines… Read more »
30k death’s/yr on highways in usa. 82 ppl/ day. Planes a lot less
flying is safer…..
Prayers for all the injured.
Bravo for the pilot in landing the plane safely.
Yesterday a plane made emergency landing after four hours of terrible turbulence all passengers were screaming thought it was their final hour
Are you serious
Better to take a Bus, old fashioned but SAFE. This is crazy scary