"All of a sudden, we hear an explosion and come to find out that the engine exploded on the left side of the plane," claims Marty Martinez, the Southwest passenger that live-streamed flight making an emergency landing http://cbsn.ws/2H69wfk pic.twitter.com/8lJAuc0Qdr
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"We are in the process of transporting customers and crew into the terminal. The aircraft Boeing 737-700 has 143 customers and five crew members on board. We are in the process of gathering more information. Safety is always a top priority," Southwest Airlines says in a statementpic.twitter.com/jIaQ9mQyKi
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According to a passenger on the plane, there was an explosion in the left engine and shortly after, a window in the 17th row was blown out. CBS News has not independently verified the cause of the emergency landing https://cbsn.ws/2H6Prtt pic.twitter.com/9nQDGIImuH
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"We have a lot of preliminary information. Certainly pictures from the scene do appear that there was some kind of an uncontained engine failure,"
@krisvancleave says of Southwest flight incident https://cbsn.ws/2J6ljuz pic.twitter.com/9lcuQg1c1NShow this thread
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Thank you to the pilot. Saved lives today.
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do you seriously not have any technical advisors on hand to provide expert commentary? presenting wild and incredibly incorrect speculation from uninformed perspectives is not helping.
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Good pilot!
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Bullshit. That airplane has 2 hydraulic systems AND (additionally) an independent Standby Hydraulic System. Don't take system advice from flight attendants.
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kudos to the pilot and crew of Southwest Airlines for managing the emergency superbly..all things considered.
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@TroyKweder_18 think the doc@TiffSabo22 would have been in a panic or no? -
Yea just a little bit
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Is Marty an expert on aviation / mechanical issues? This guy is making his rounds on every news show possible.
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Kudos to the pilot for getting them down safely
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Which is what they are trained to do.
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Kudos to the pilot for getting to the ground in one piece. I hope no one was physically injured.
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