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"It's gonna go down": Southwest Airlines flight catches fire on the way to Cancun
Not The Bee ^
| Aug 17, 2023
| Staff
Posted on 08/18/2023 11:30:25 AM PDT by Red Badger
You board the flight and you think your dream Caribbean vacation has begun, only for the whole thing to quickly turn into a nightmare:
Flight 307 was climbing out of William P. Hobby Airport in Houston en route to Cancun on Tuesday evening when the right engine erupted in flames, KHOU reported. ...
"I think I fly once or twice a month and I knew that wasn't normal and so I opened up my window and I'm sitting next to the engine and that whole engine you see like fireballs coming out of it," said [one passenger], who was headed to the Mexican resort with his girlfriend.
"I'm thinking damn, it's gonna go down," Kalisek said.
Looking out your plane window and seeing this is terrifying enough:
In some ways it's even more alarming to see from the ground.
Thankfully nobody was hurt. The plane "returned to the airport to check out a potential mechanical issue," according to Southwest.
"The aircraft landed safely and was taken out of service," the company said.
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AVIATION Ping!....................
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posted on
08/18/2023 11:30:55 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
That’s not a confidence builder
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posted on
08/18/2023 11:34:50 AM PDT
by
DariusBane
(Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept? Vive Deo et Vives)
To: Red Badger
OH NOES! A Compressor Stall!
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posted on
08/18/2023 11:40:57 AM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
To: Red Badger
...”a potential mechanical issue,”
Geez, ya think?
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posted on
08/18/2023 11:41:33 AM PDT
by
muglywump
(Seven days without laughter makes one weak.)
To: All
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posted on
08/18/2023 11:44:02 AM PDT
by
janetjanet998
(Legacy media including youtube are the enemy of the people and must die)
To: Red Badger
Compressor stall. No big deal.
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posted on
08/18/2023 11:45:29 AM PDT
by
Sequoyah101
(Procrastination is just a form of defiance.)
To: Sequoyah101
No big deal for you, is really big deal for me!................
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posted on
08/18/2023 11:49:14 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
DIE! DIE! DEI!
“returned to the airport to check out a potential mechanical issue,”
Understatement of the year!
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posted on
08/18/2023 11:51:38 AM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(We are proles, they are nobility.)
To: Red Badger
"Get ahold of yourself..."
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posted on
08/18/2023 11:52:05 AM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
To: Red Badger
They’re not supposed to release the chemtrails that low.
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posted on
08/18/2023 11:53:13 AM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Did they perform an equity check before landing?
To: BuchananBrigadeTrumpFan
LOL. It’s probably on the checklist today.
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posted on
08/18/2023 11:54:31 AM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(We are proles, they are nobility.)
To: ProtectOurFreedom; Yo-Yo
“Houston we have a problem...............
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posted on
08/18/2023 11:55:33 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
I was on a United flight several years ago that had a high flying goose go through an engine. That was fun!
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posted on
08/18/2023 12:00:15 PM PDT
by
Fai Mao
(Starve the beast and steal its food!)
To: Fai Mao
I guess his goose was cooked.....................
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posted on
08/18/2023 12:02:00 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
08/18/2023 12:08:00 PM PDT
by
ladyjane
To: Yo-Yo
Its not near as bad as Macho Grande.
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posted on
08/18/2023 12:08:24 PM PDT
by
Delta 21
(Sufferings are the guardrails on the road to Heaven.)
To: Red Badger
I wonder if the requirements for a commercial pilot have been compromised like everything else. I have a granddaughter who is becoming a commercial pilot. I spent a fortune on flight lessons. She was unable to read when she graduated high school .
I’ll never fly again.
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posted on
08/18/2023 12:09:30 PM PDT
by
AuntB
(Trump is our Ben Franklin - Brilliant, Boisterous, Brave and ALL AMERICAN!)
To: Delta 21
Its not near as bad as Macho Grande. "Six men never came back from that raid."
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posted on
08/18/2023 12:17:44 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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