What are Your Staring At It's But a Flesh Wound

"For Sweden" (rallybeetle) 04/17/2018 at 12:46 • Filed to: Boom, Boomlopnik, Southwest, Southwest Airlines, Planelopnik, Boeing, Boeing 737, 737

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Southwest Airlines engine goes boom

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E90M3 > For Sweden 04/17/2018 at 12:48

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Nothing thanks to this.

CalzoneGolem > For Sweden 04/17/2018 at 12:49

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He’s had worse.

MonkeePuzzle > For Sweden 04/17/2018 at 12:50

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HOLY COW! LOOK AT HOW THE SPLOSION BENT THE END OF THE WING UP!!!

jimz > For Sweden 04/17/2018 at 12:53

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it looks like the fan is mostly intact, so it’s kind of hard to guess at what the failure was. Maybe the inlet fairing detached?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > CalzoneGolem 04/17/2018 at 12:57

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YOU YELLOW BASTARD! COME BACK! I’LL BITE YOUR LANDING GEAR OFF

Shift24 > For Sweden 04/17/2018 at 12:59

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When the bang no longer allows suck, squeeze, or blow.

For Sweden > jimz 04/17/2018 at 13:01

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I don’t know, but it blew out a cabin window o_o

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > For Sweden 04/17/2018 at 13:07

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CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > For Sweden 04/17/2018 at 13:10

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I’m not even sure that engine failure is worth landing in Philly. I’d rather try and glide somewhere better

user314 > For Sweden 04/17/2018 at 13:13

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A Southwest Airlines flight landed safely in Philadelphia Tuesday after the jet violently depressurized when a piece of an engine flew into and broke a window, a passenger’s father tells NBC10.

The father, Todd Baur, said that a female passenger was partially sucked out of the plane when the window imploded.

“One passenger, a woman, was partially … was drawn out towards the out of the plane … was pulled back in by other passengers,” he said in a phone interview with NBC10.

The Dallas-bound Boeing 737-700 made an emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday after taking off from LaGuardia Airport in New York City. There were 149 people onboard.

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“There is a hole in the side of the aircraft, also,” the aircraft controller relayed to firefighters at the airport.

Passengers shared photos of the plane’s left engine with major damage. The engine inlet appears to be shredded with metal bent outward. The glass of a window just behind the left wing was missing.

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Gee, y’think?

WilliamsSW > For Sweden 04/17/2018 at 13:13

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Thank god one of the passengers had the wherewithal to post a Facebook Live video of it.

ttyymmnn > For Sweden 04/17/2018 at 13:13

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That’s why they hang one on each wing.

ttyymmnn > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 04/17/2018 at 13:16

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I knew what was going to happen, but I still laughed.

ttyymmnn > WilliamsSW 04/17/2018 at 13:18

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There’s always time to grab your carry on and update your Facebook status.

“Just crashed. LOL!”

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > For Sweden 04/17/2018 at 13:19

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TOO MUCH NITROUS BOOST!

ttyymmnn > For Sweden 04/17/2018 at 13:22

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Off topic (sort of, but not entirely): What’s your take on this ?

For Sweden > ttyymmnn 04/17/2018 at 13:25

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The FAA should have punished Allegiant more for the Las Vegas aborted takeoff; Allegiant is past the “honest mistake” phase of their issues.

I think Allegiant is undergoing a positive culture change, that will be made easier with the new Airbuses.

For the smaller incidents, the FAA can only enforce if someone reports incident, so report incidents!!!

WilliamsSW > For Sweden 04/17/2018 at 13:41

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I’ve seen articles going back a few years that suggest there has been a culture problem there. I hope to hell they’re fixing that.

ttyymmnn > For Sweden 04/17/2018 at 13:42

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But does all of that necessarily make Allegiant “unsafe”?

For Sweden > ttyymmnn 04/17/2018 at 13:44

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I would say no (watch them crash tomorrow), but they deserve closer scrutiny

For Sweden > ttyymmnn 04/17/2018 at 13:48

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An addendum to that; I’ve heard they’re no longer punishing crew members for taking emergency actions. If that is wrong, and they still punish those crewmembers, Allegiant is unsafe.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > ttyymmnn 04/17/2018 at 13:49

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Thanks for reaching to For Sweden!

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > For Sweden 04/17/2018 at 13:49

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I was wondering about this. Thanks bud!

ttyymmnn > For Sweden 04/17/2018 at 13:50

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Wasn’t there some question about the propriety of the emergency action taken by the pilot who evacuated the plane? Or was it only management who questioned it?

ttyymmnn > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 04/17/2018 at 13:51

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My pleasure. I was wondering about his take as well. He did add one proviso, so go click again.

For Sweden > ttyymmnn 04/17/2018 at 13:52

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I think (in italics) that only management questioned the action.

Amoore100 > For Sweden 04/17/2018 at 14:30

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Terrifying. Glad the aftermath wasn’t too bad, and I hope the woman recovers swiftly—any idea whose engine it was?

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > For Sweden 04/17/2018 at 14:47

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We’ve got a freaking Nostradamus in the house.

https://oppositelock.kinja.com/when-people-ask-me-to-predict-the-next-airplane-acciden-1824144723

For Sweden > Amoore100 04/17/2018 at 15:31

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It was a CFM engine; collaboration between GE and Safran. Unfortunately, the woman has passed away. 

coqui70 > ttyymmnn 04/18/2018 at 00:45

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Yet another reason to “If it ain’t Boeing I ain’t goin’” that Asiana flight cartwheeled upon hitting the ground and yet the fatalities were on the ground AFTER evacuation. I remember flying into SFO before they removed the carcass from the runway.

ttyymmnn > coqui70 04/18/2018 at 00:52

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“Ladies and gentlemen, please close all window shades on the left side of the aircraft until after takeoff. Thank you.”

Auto-land systems are only as good as the people monitoring them.

coqui70 > ttyymmnn 04/18/2018 at 00:55

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They do that in China too ... but only if the airport is shared with an PRCAF base and they don’t want you to eyeball the J-10's getting prepped.