Posted on 04/28/2018 3:52:24 PM PDT by BBell
One of the passengers on the Southwest flight which made an emergency landing following engine failure has filed a lawsuit against the airline, as well as the makers of the plane and engine. When the engine exploded, pieces of it blew out a window on the plane, causing a woman to be killed when she was partially sucked out the window.
Lilia Chavez filed suit against Southwest Airlines, GE Aviation, Safran Aircraft Engines and CFM International, a supplier of jet engines, in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Thursday. Chavez alleges in the lawsuit that the companies "unforgivably breached" the trust of passengers who "entrust their lives and safety, to entities such as Southwest and the CFM Defendants."
Jennifer Riordan, 43, was the first person to die on an American airline in almost 10 years in the April 17 incident. The plane, destined for Dallas, had taken off from LaGuardia International Airport in New York when the engine blew about 20 minutes into the flight. The pilot managed to safely land the plane in Philadelphia.
Chavez was sitting three rows behind where Riordan was partially sucked out the window, the lawsuit says.
"Ms. Chavez witnessed the horror as the force of the depressurization pulled an innocent passenger partially through the shattered window and she watched as passengers risked their lives to pull the passenger back into the aircraft and save her life," the lawsuit says.
According to Chavez, the cabin became "a whirlwind of airflow and airborne debris which struck Ms. Chavez and obstructed her breathing."
In the filing, Chavez says she "prayed and feared for her life" and she called her children to tell them she loved them and was preparing to die. Once the flight landed, Chavez alleges workers for Southwest did not appropriately care for her and fellow passengers.
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Some things don’t have to be “guaranteed”.
Unless the person is an idiot, they EXPECT the plane to have no issues.
Did the people who died in those Toyota cars when the engines just DIED on the road have a GUARANTEE that the engine wouldn’t just stop for NO REASON?
No, you know they didn’t.
Too many here surpass conservative and go straight into donkey’s behind territory.
Actually sorry to say it they should have left the woman in the window There was absolutely no chance she would survive the incident and her body in the window plugged the hole.
You arrived before I got there.
Oh man, that picture is crazy. Some of the outlines look like WWII aircraft.
Looks like there’s a few airports pointed out, but a bunch of them are completely covered by the tracks.
Don’t fret. They’re at different altitudes.
It was a twin Engine 737. The Right Engine failed.
Yup. Rapid depressurization helps one to clarify thoughts; to call all loved ones and tell them that you are preparing to die.
Would you rather she was fully defenestrated, never to be seen again?
< / Archie Bunker>
Now THOSE people had some serious stuff to be worried about.
I don’t understand how she was able to call?
Does she have some kind of phone that the rest of us don’t have that works while the airplane is in the air?
They have to file a lawsuit to find out if there’s a lawful basis to even file a lawsuit.
Not many familiar with the accident probably considered what a pressure differential of one third of sea level did to the body’s internals—though perhaps someone familiar with the deep sea dive consequences of a sudden chamber decompression might guess the consequences.
Not one straight line route. You must get leg cramps standing on the rudder everywhere you go! (Lol)
Yeah, but WHAT a VIEW!
Wow, I’m surprised there’s a bunch of states Frontier doesn’t service. There’s also a few red lines. Do those indicate one-way?
That and sticking your head out the window going 500 mph....
Since you LOL'ed I figure you do know what a Great Circle route looks like on a Mercator Projection map, but there may be a few here on FR that don't.
LOL! Yeah, DELTA would have charged a premium for those seats ;)
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