One person died Tuesday after a Southwest Airlines plane made an emergency landing in Philadelphia after it experienced engine failure, officials said.
Seven others who were aboard Flight 1380, which was headed from LaGuardia Airport in New York City to Dallas’ Love Field, suffered minor injuries, but were not transported to the hospital.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) confirmed one person was killed in the incident.
WACU reported a female passenger was “partially sucked out” of one of the Boeing 737’s windows when the engine exploded and shrapnel from the engine pierced through 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.
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Southwest Airlines engine explosion
