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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Female ex-Navy fighter pilot saved more than 100 passengers on Southwest flight after engine exploded at 32,000ft
2018-04-18
  • [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

#15  No more window seat for me. And I always feel better with a Navy pilot up front in a civilian airliner if the weather is crap.
Posted by: Injun Bucket8891   2018-04-18 23:54  

#14  I always wanted the window seat. No more.
Posted by: Ulaigum Ebbineng7056   2018-04-18 23:20  

#13  ...and if she's a gun owner the left will start attacking no matter what great things she's done.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2018-04-18 22:43  

#12  yeah... sure....

We know what happened...


Posted by: CrazyFool   2018-04-18 19:41  

#11  I had lunch with a retired Delta senior mechanic today. He explained the entire fan structure in great technical detail. Bottom line according to him... "failed inspection procedures."
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-04-18 19:37  

#10  Um. Inspect and replace as necessary all the fan blades on the 737-700 fleet?
Posted by: Percy McCoy4369   2018-04-18 18:19  

#9  Is it odd for a fuel explosion to blow forward?Maybe some maintenance tech didn't torque the cowling bolts?

No, it's not odd at all. WHen you consider the job of the blade is to pull forward (dragging the rest of the plane along with it) It's not surprising that the blade while separating, would keep on going forward, banging into the cowling and because of its shape, spiral around a bit (instead of a straight line trajectory) which explain why it hit the window in passing.
Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance   2018-04-18 16:34  

#8  
Posted by: Skidmark   2018-04-18 12:42  

#7  UPDATE:
Last night, the National Transportation Safety Board said a preliminary examination had revealed one of the CFM56-7B engine's fan blades was separated and missing. The blade was separated at the point where it would come into the hub and there was evidence of metal fatigue, chairman Robert Sumwalt said.
Posted by: Skidmark   2018-04-18 12:40  

#6  Southwest is a pretty good airline and it's no surprise they have good people working for them. It could have been some other problem but I have to wonder if some of those 737s are getting old.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2018-04-18 12:34  

#5  NTSB says examination of blown engine shows evidence of 'metal fatigue'

Bird strike at 30,000 ft?

Turbine blades look OK.
Is it odd for a fuel explosion to blow forward?Maybe some maintenance tech didn't torque the cowling bolts?
Posted by: Skidmark   2018-04-18 12:02  

#4  She had calm comm during the emergency. First rate pilot.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2018-04-18 10:40  

#3  ...and she's kinda hot to boot.
Posted by: Raj   2018-04-18 08:09  

#2  She's got my vote!
Posted by: Raj   2018-04-18 08:06  

#1  I believe we may have found a nominee for the Sully Sullenberger Chair at Rantburg University. Do we have any seconds in support of a nomination ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-04-18 07:34  

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