NTSB Releases Information on SW Incident

INFORMATION IS BEING RELEASED NOW ON LAST APRIL 17’S SOUTHWEST AIRLINES’ ENGINE FAILURE THAT KILLED AN ALBUQUERQUE WOMAN. THERE WAS A BANG, THEN THE JET SUDDENLY ROLLED OVER TO THE LEFT AND SMOKE FILLED THE CABIN.

FLIGHT ATTENDANTS RAN UP AND DOWN THE AISLES TO ENSURE EVERYONE COULD USE THEIR OXYGEN MASKS. THEN ONE FLIGHT ATTENDANT FOUND ONE FEMALE PASSENGER, JENNIFER RIORDAN OF ALBUQUERQUE, WHOSE TORSO, HEAD AND ARM WERE ACTUALLY HANGING OUT OF THE BROKEN WINDOW. TWO MALE PASSENGERS HELPED THE TWO FLIGHT ATTENDANTS PULL JENNIFER INSIDE THE PLANE. ONE OF THE MEN PULLED JENNIFER’S HEAD BACK INSIDE THE JET. THEY DESPERATELY TRIED TO REVIVE HER, BUT JENNIFER WAS ALREADY DEAD.

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