2018-04-17: Southwest Airlines Flight 1380

1 fatality • United States

Accident narrative

On April 17, 2018, Southwest Airlines Flight 1380, a Boeing 737-7H4 flying from LaGuardia Airport, New York, en route to Dallas Love Field, Texas, experienced an engine failure over Pennsylvania. The engine cowl was broken in the failure, and cowl fragments damaged the fuselage, bursting a cabin window and causing explosive depressurization of the aircraft. Other fragments caused destruction to the wing. The pilots then descended and diverted to Philadelphia International Airport, Pennsylvania. One passenger was partially ejected from the aircraft and died, while eight other passengers sustained minor injuries. After the accident, the aircraft was written off.

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