1 dead after Southwest airplane with 148 aboard makes emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/ai...-20180417.html
Updated: April 17, 2018 — 3:51 PM EDT
A passenger died Tuesday after a Southwest Airlines plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport when its engine exploded on a flight from New York to Dallas, authorities said.
Robert Sumwalt, chairman of the National Transportation Safety Review Board, confirmed the fatality but declined to give details.
Philadelphia Fire Commissioner Adam Thiel also declined to offer details on that person’s injuries, saying only that the person had been hospitalized in critical condition after landing. Thiel said seven other people aboard were treated at the airport for minor injuries.
Here’s what we know:
143 passengers and five crew members were on board flight 1380, according to Southwest.
Passenger accounts on social media said a woman was injured by debris that pierced the aircraft’s body after the engine exploded. Officials declined to provide specifics on the person who died.
Seven other people were treated at the airport for minor injuries, Thiel said at an afternoon news conference.
According to Flightaware.com, the jet was approaching Central Pennsylvania when it diverted to Philadelphia International Airport. The Federal Aviation Administration said the plane landed around 11:20 a.m.
The plane is a Boeing 737-700 that went into service in 2000. It had no reported engine difficulties since 2000, according to a search of an FAA database.
The National Transportation Safety Board said it was sending a team to investigate the incident.
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