Southwest Airlines Flight 1380
2018 aviation accident over Pennsylvania
Southwest Airlines Flight 1380
On April 17, 2018, Southwest Airlines Flight 1380, a Boeing 737-700 flying from LaGuardia Airport, New York, en route to Dallas Love Field, Texas, experienced an engine failure over Pennsylvania. The engine cowl was broken in the failure, and cowl fragments damaged the fuselage, bursting a cabin window and causing explosive depressurization of the aircraft. Other fragments caused damage to the wing. The pilots then descended and diverted to Philadelphia International Airport, Pennsylvania. One passenger was partially ejected from the aircraft and died, while eight other passengers sustained minor injuries. After the accident, the aircraft was written off. This accident was very similar to an accident suffered 20 months earlier by Southwest Airlines Flight 3472 flying the same aircraft type with the same engine type. After that earlier accident, the engine manufacturer, CFM International, issued a service directive calling for ultrasonic inspections of the turbine fan blades with certain...
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