Southwest Flight Makes Emergency Landing After Woman Partially Sucked Out of Plane

[LesClaypool]

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/new...adelphia-International-Airport-480008613.html

This is why I have to take a pill and drink two beers before getting on any plane.

 

[bigmamanole]

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/new...adelphia-International-Airport-480008613.html

This is why I have to take a pill and drink two beers before getting on any plane.

Allegiant??

 

[LesClaypool]

Allegiant??

Southwest

 

[DFSNOLE]

What's an "out of plane" and how could she only partially suck one?

 

[NoleFan2U]

https://www.local10.com/news/nation...light-makes-emergency-landing-in-philadelphia


And the news station down here reported someone was hit in the face with shrapnel when the engine "was lost".

 

[ReliableOstrich]

Those windows are so small it would be tough to get sucked out

 

[noleclone2]

Those windows are so small it would be tough to get sucked out

Yep. But it sure as heck could smush you/break you in half trying.

 

[Spearhead04]

Now there’s a nice lawsuit.

 

[CC0492]

Now there’s a nice lawsuit.

I'd get partially sucked if I could sue an airline and retire!

 

[Fijimn]

Were there any police on board to assist?

The report didn't mention anyone getting hand-cuffed and then shot

 

[NoleFan2U]

The woman needed CPR on the flight. Lucky for her, there was a medic, RN and another medical person on board willing to help. Not sure that is worth the lawsuit.

On another note....anyone remember the pilot that was sucked out of the plane when the windshield blew off and the crew held on to his ankles for some outrageous amount of time until they landed? Everyone thought he was dead but somehow he survived. Now that is a crazy survival story!

 

[kc78]

Just got an update that says the woman died.

 

[LesClaypool]

Just got an update that says the woman died.

What a way to go! Poor lady.

 

[ericram]

Meh, who hasn't has that happen to them before?! YIKES!!

 

[NoleLizards]

The Korean Airline near miss a few years back was a more entertaining story.

 

[seminole97]

“One terrified passenger posted a live video to his Facebook page during the ordeal. The grainy footage shows a man attempting to secure his yellow oxygen mask while updating loved ones following his feed.”

Plane was in controlled descent for something like 10 minutes.
Ever thought about what message you’d leave in that kind of time?

 

[LesClaypool]

 

[NoleFan2U]

Yup. That isle seat just keeps getting better and better.

Was reading what the other passengers on the flight thought. They all felt that they were going to crash and they were trying to find a way to send messages to their loved ones. Must be terrifying.

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

Was she not buckled?

 

[DanC78]

That is some scary stuff.

Aisle and seat belt sound like a good idea moving forward.

 

[LesClaypool]

It was already hard enough to get an aisle seat without having priority w/an airline and/or paying for a "premium" seat. Will only get tougher now I'd imagine.

 

[NoleFan2U]

From what I've read, she was older and her arms and face were being sucked out. Other passengers were trying to block the hole with anything they could find but it was just being sucked out. She probably died of a heart attack from being scared to death.

 

[F4Gary]

The windows don't implode, they would blow out. Very rare. Plus, unless she was big, it wouldn't take long for the outward flow to dissipate. It's not like in the movies where everything in the cabin is sucked out the window.
Agree, she must have had a heart attack.

 

[GwinnettNole]

My kid wants to be a pilot. Sorry I'm venting now: Given the crap they have to go through for low pay at regional airports with no certainty that they will ever get the big job at Delta or Southwestern I hope he changes his mind. This isn't to mention that nearly every week there is news of a single jet airline crash.... Ugh.....

Where Did All The Pilots Go?:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/whered-all-pilots-go-erika-armstrong-1/?lipi=urn:liage:d_flagship3_feed;WXe9DF8YRGCK4NSJbAY4XQ==

 

[LesClaypool]

The windows don't implode, they would blow out. Very rare. Plus, unless she was big, it wouldn't take long for the outward flow to dissipate. It's not like in the movies where everything in the cabin is sucked out the window.
Agree, she must have had a heart attack.

I thought it said the shrapnel from the blown engine crashed through the window. Wouldn't that cause it to "implode" for lack of a better term?

 

[LesClaypool]

My kid wants to be a pilot. Sorry I'm venting now: Given the crap they have to go through for low pay at regional airports with no certainty that they will ever get the big job at Delta or Southwestern I hope he changes his mind. This isn't to mention that nearly every week there is news of a single jet airline crash.... Ugh.....

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/whered-all-pilots-go-erika-armstrong-1/?lipi=urn:liage:d_flagship3_feed;WXe9DF8YRGCK4NSJbAY4XQ==

Few things scare me more than the pittance that pilots at small regional airlines are paid. Seriously.

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

Few things scare me more than the pittance that pilots at small regional airlines are paid. Seriously.

Austin Powers: Only two things scare me and one of them is nuclear war.
Basil Exposition: What's the other?
Austin Powers: Excuse me?
Basil Exposition: What's the other thing that scares you?
Austin Powers: Carnies. Circus folk. Nomads, you know. Smell like cabbage. Small hands.

 

[GwinnettNole]

Few things scare me more than the pittance that pilots at small regional airlines are paid. Seriously.

Agreed. The article I posted above from LinkedIn is telling....

 

[F4Gary]

I thought it said the shrapnel from the blown engine crashed through the window. Wouldn't that cause it to "implode" for lack of a better term?

Yes, I just read the thread title and the posts, didn't read the linked article. My bad.
Just saw the article on the AvWeb.
https://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/ne...30684-1.html?ET=avweb:e4018:219347a:&st=email

This isn't to mention that nearly every week there is news of a single jet airline crash.... Ugh.....

Not sure where you are getting this. I will say that there will be a pilot shortage in the not to distant future. A lot of guys will be retiring and the military just isn't the pipeline it used to be.

 

[cornnoleio11]

Those windows are so small it would be tough to get sucked out

She must’ve been a dime.

 

[Manch.]

If her arms and face were being sucked out, maybe lack of oxygen contributed to her death.

And this is why I start puking three days before I fly.

"I get sick when I fly 'cause I'm afraid of crashing into a large mountain. I don't think Dramamine will help".

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

This isn't to mention that nearly every week there is news of a single jet airline crash.... Ugh.....
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Take out Russia and Eastern Europe and they seem pretty rare.

 

[GwinnettNole]

Yes, I just read the thread title and the posts, didn't read the linked article. My bad.
Just saw the article on the AvWeb.
https://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/ne...30684-1.html?ET=avweb:e4018:219347a:&st=email


Not sure where you are getting this. I will say that there will be a pilot shortage in the not to distant future. A lot of guys will be retiring and the military just isn't the pipeline it used to be.

Read the linked article I posted above

 

[noleit]

You shouldn't be allowed to open a window during a flight.

 

[F4Gary]

Read the linked article I posted above

I did. Where does it say airliners are crashing every week?

 

[billanole]

Take out Russia and Eastern Europe and they seem pretty rare.

Might I add Malaysia?

 

[GwinnettNole]

I did. Where does it say airliners are crashing every week?

I see, I thought you were referring to the need of commercial pilots in the future.

My rant was more along the lines of meaning that a week does not pass where I don’t seemingly hear about a small plane crashing.

 

[MIKE_G]

 

[seminole97]

My kid wants to be a pilot. Sorry I'm venting now: Given the crap they have to go through for low pay at regional airports with no certainty that they will ever get the big job at Delta or Southwestern I hope he changes his mind. This isn't to mention that nearly every week there is news of a single jet airline crash.... Ugh.....

I wanted to be a pilot growing up, but only thought of it in the context of a military career. So when I got glasses @13 I just shelved those thoughts. Flew a Cherokee some, but felt about owning and flying one like I do a boat. I get why people do it, just not enough value for me to balance everything to go with it.
As much as I love being up in the sky and especially in control up there, flying cargo, human or otherwise, didn’t really appeal to me.
I think I’d make an exception for helicopters. That seems more like a balancing act the way driving a car on the edge of its envelope is.
Finding that balance and edge has always been thrilling. I’m not sure how many tens of thousands of dollars in mental reward I’d get from a job in a fighter, but the pay could be sub minimum wage and for hots and a cot I’d do it in a heartbeat.

 

[NoleSoul]

Pilot sounds like cool customer.