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 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.

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 Boeing 737-700 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.

"We are in the process of gathering more information," the statement said. "...Safety is always our top priority at Southwest Airlines, and we are working diligently to support our customers and crews at this time."

The Philadelphia International Airport tweeted passengers "should expect delays" following the incident.

"Flight from LGA [LaGuardia] to Dallas Love Field landed safely at PHL [Philadelphia] and passengers are being brought into the terminal. Flights are departing and arriving but passengers should expect delays. Check flight status with your airline," the airport tweeted.

Boeing Airplanes tweeted the company was aware of the incident and was "gathering more information" "to provide [with] technical assistance."

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018...t-with-shrapnel.html

And that's reason number two to wear a seatbelt.
Number one is air turbulence.

No such thing in aviation as an "explosion".

Just your standard Rapid Unplanned disassembly, and by the looks of it, followed closely by an oxidation event.....

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https://flightaware.com/live/f...417/1430Z/KLGA/KPHL]

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(2 hours 52 minutes early)

Nice! Can't complain about that!

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Originally posted by RedneckRob:
And that's reason number two to wear a seatbelt.
Number one is air turbulence.

Yup.

How many times must there be reports in the "news" of injuries that could have been prevented had passengers only been wearing their lap belts, almost no matter how loosely? Never mind the airlines, themselves, recommend doing so.

What the hell is wrong with these people?

I sometimes wish they'd make it federal law and mandate the appropriate sensors in the seats to verify compliance. I don't give a flying frack if you injure or kill yourself being st00pid, but I do have a problem if, in the process, you injure or kill somebody else who'd done the intelligent thing.

thats the second RUD of an aircraft engine recently

I wonder if there is a common powerplant - trying to remember the first one

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Originally posted by Southflorida-law:
No such thing in aviation as an "explosion".

Just your standard Rapid Unplanned disassembly, and by the looks of it, followed closely by an oxidation event.....

There's very much an explosion; I've had them. In this case, it's a catastrophic failure, referred to on the checklist as severe damage.

Typically at altitude, there are several inches of mercury, or pounds per square inch differential pressure between the inside of the aircraft and the outside in the free airstream. A ten by eight inch window is eighty square inches. Multiply that by seven psi diferential pressure, and you've got 560 ft/lbs of pressure on that window.

The aircraft has large openings venting pressure all the time. These are "outflow valves," and are what regulates pressure in the cabin.

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Originally posted by RedneckRob:
And that's reason number two to wear a seatbelt.
Number one is air turbulence.

Yup.

How many times must there be reports in the "news" of injuries that could have been prevented had passengers only been wearing their lap belts, almost no matter how loosely? Never mind the airlines, themselves, recommend doing so.

What the hell is wrong with these people?

She could've been belted in and still been "partially sucked out" of the airplane. What does that mean anyway? Her arm? Her head? One shoulder? After all, that window is directly next to the passenger. Even belted in, it wouldn't take much to have some body parts sucked out. I'm guessing sensationalistic reporting to have us imagine a woman hanging out the window only to be held in by her feet (then again, maybe she was. It's happened before).

Either way, I don't know about you, but the only times I have my lap belt on a plane pulled tight is during take off and landing and heavy turbulence. All other times it is clasped but comfortably loose.

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I sometimes wish they'd make it federal law and mandate the appropriate sensors in the seats to verify compliance.

You're speaking to just air travel, right?

Normal rules dictate that speed be below 250 knots when below 10,000 feet. He didn't slow down to that speed until he was just below 5,000 feet.

Exemptions? ATC authorizes it, or an emergency dictates it. In this case, the latter is what would be the case. Southwest only flies 737's, which have two engines. He had plenty of altitude and speed to make the airport with one engine - he most likely used speed and descent to expedite getting there without having to add power and yaw from the one remaining engine, and then dumped the rest of the speed once close.

All in all, I'm seeing some good flying to handle the situation.

recorded cross communication between flights and ATC

start around 14 mins

http://archive-server.liveatc....pr-17-2018-1500Z.mp3

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
She could've been belted in and still been "partially sucked out" of the airplane. What does that mean anyway? Her arm? Her head? One shoulder? After all, that window is directly next to the passenger. Even belted in, it wouldn't take much to have some body parts sucked out. I'm guessing sensationalistic reporting.

Hard to say, but, in reporting (caveat noted) passengers had to "pull her back in," the implication is she was on her way to exiting the aircraft, which implies she wasn't restrained. But you could be right on both points.

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
Either way, I don't know about you, but the only times I have my lap belt on a plane pulled tight is during take off and landing and heavy turbulence. All other times it is clasped but comfortably loose.

Same here. I have it on just snugly enough I think it unlikely I can be pulled out. Then I snug it down during takeoff and landing.

Then there are the id10ts that argue with flight attendants about having to put one on at all, during takeoff and landing. Those people need to be beaten severely about the head and shoulders with a Reality Trout. (Preferably thoroughly frozen.)

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:

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I sometimes wish they'd make it federal law and mandate the appropriate sensors in the seats to verify compliance.

You're speaking to just air travel, right?

Yes.

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Originally posted by ensigmatic:

Then there are the id10ts that argue with flight attendants about having to put one on at all, during takeoff and landing. Those people need to be beaten severely about the head and shoulders with a Reality Trout. (Preferably thoroughly frozen.)

Completely agree.

This time it was the pilot!




Link to original video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LMRdfIy1I7o

^^^^ That's the incident i was thinking about when I said it's happened before.

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Originally posted by RedneckRob:
And that's reason number two to wear a seatbelt.
Number one is air turbulence.

And why you never sit along the plane of the engine's fan blades (that red line which typically encircles the nacelle).

The engine failed (FOD maybe?), fan blades came loose and became, well, blades.

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Originally posted by sns3guppy:...There's very much an explosion; I've had them. ...

The "term" is never used in the industry, at least the engine manufacturers industry......seriously.

I thought the engines cowl things have to have a Kevlar or something wrapping to contain pieces when this happens? I know the engines are creating enormous forces of energies when operating, but is it just not possible to contain these?

And not trying to be cavalier, but this will take some attention away from Allegiant after the 60 Minutes show this previous Sunday. Allegiant just started flying into our airport and this has become a big local talk of concern.

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I thought the engines cowl things have to have a Kevlar or something wrapping to contain pieces when this happens? I know the engines are creating enormous forces of energies when operating, but is it just not possible to contain these?

I mean, you can, just like you can make your car accident proof. Problem is that your car would probably weigh 15,000lbs and be practically undriveable.

These events are incredibly rare because the engines are well designed to contain themselves. It takes an especially catastrophic failure to turn them into grenades.

I also, follow the tighten for take off, landing and turbulence, slacken off in flight for the seat belt.

From some of the images viewed online, many passengers did not follow emergency procedures with regard to the rubber jungle.

Quite a few of those passengers, may now be a follower of the pre flight safety instructions.

Waiting for the ambulance chasers to file suit.