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Female ex-Navy fighter pilot saved more than 100 passengers on Southwest flight after engine exploded at 32,000ft
- [Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] The engine exploded on the Boeing 737-700 and sent shrapnel flying back towards the passenger window
- Tammie Jo Shults, a former Navy fighter pilot, safely brought the plane to land after the explosion at 32,000ft
- This is a true American Hero,' wrote one of the passengers aboard the plane, 'God bless her and all the crew'
- Jennifer Riordan, a mother-of-two from Albuquerque, was rushed to hospital after the crash but later died
- It was a flight from New York to Dallas but the female pilot was forced to make an emergency landing
- Passengers filmed themselves as the oxygen masks descended and as they said goodbye to their loved ones
Full power on number 2 Richard, then find us somewhere to land please.
Posted by: Fred 2018-04-18 |
