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1 dead after jetliner apparently blows an engine in flight
Assoc. Press ^ | 4/17/2018 | AP

Posted on 04/17/2018 1:45:49 PM PDT by T-Bird45

PHILADELPHIA — A Southwest Airlines jet apparently blew an engine at about 30,000 feet and got hit by shrapnel that smashed a window and damaged the fuselage Tuesday, killing a passenger and injuring seven others, authorities said.

The plane, a twin-engine Boeing 737 bound from New York to Dallas with 149 people aboard, made an emergency landing in Philadelphia just before noon as passengers breathing through oxygen masks that dropped from the ceiling said their prayers and braced for impact.

"I just remember holding my husband's hand, and we just prayed and prayed and prayed," said passenger Amanda Bourman, of New York. "And the thoughts that were going through my head of course were about my daughters, just wanting to see them again and give them a big hug so they wouldn't grow up without parents."

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: New Mexico; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: aviation; braking; ge; philadelphia; southwestair; swa
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To: Mat_Helm
The only good thing about this, well there's actually two...

1. Its terrible that a person was killed, but the flying debris could have cut holes in the wing, causing the plane to crash.

2. Inspectors will have a high % opportunity to figure out exactly what happened since it landed safely.

81 posted on 04/17/2018 2:29:02 PM PDT by mikhailovich
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To: sparklite2

The airline would have had to re-upholster the seat and call in a bio-hazard team to remove my waste once we landed.


82 posted on 04/17/2018 2:29:08 PM PDT by Salvavida
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

You can say that again. That is by far the worst major airport I have been in in the United States - although I admit I have not been in anywhere near all of them.


83 posted on 04/17/2018 2:29:48 PM PDT by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill.)
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To: Calvin Locke

Plus MD-80s have 2 rear-mounted engines. Not under the wing.


84 posted on 04/17/2018 2:30:08 PM PDT by mikhailovich
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To: Mat_Helm

Interesting. Never knew of it. The first thing I noticed was the ring or fairing (whatever the term is) that circles the front of the engine being completely-gone.


85 posted on 04/17/2018 2:30:22 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: blackdog

I did see a plane with a turbine failure, and it was a mess, but it didn’t have the option (being a single engine plane with the engine enclosed in the fuselage) of that.

I would definitely rather have the engine rip off than spray the passenger compartment with blade fragments.


86 posted on 04/17/2018 2:31:29 PM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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To: Hostage

The best laid plans of mice and men.


87 posted on 04/17/2018 2:31:40 PM PDT by carmen2017
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To: rlmorel

Can you answer the question... how much fuel in metric tons is carried on each wing of this plane? And where is all that exhaust being expelled? They say it is 250 metric tons of fuel total on an Airbus.


88 posted on 04/17/2018 2:32:10 PM PDT by Sontagged (Lord Jesus, please frogmarch Your enemies behind You as You've promised in Your Word)
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To: blu

There’s no ring to catch anything. If those compressor blades or turbine blades go, but especially the compressor blades, the force will send them flying out.

As another poster said, don’t sit beside the engines.


89 posted on 04/17/2018 2:32:15 PM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: SMGFan

When working as a Deputy Sheriff I went to an accident where a car had rear ended a parked semi truck. Decapitated the cars driver, her head was across the highway it was so bad. Told dispatcher she was deceased ..... was scolded by the dispatcher that I was not authorized to make that determination to wait for the justice of the peace and just secure the scene. Told dispatcher to send another unit as the victims head had flown across the interstate and I couldn’t secure both scenes alone and I would start CPR till the JP arrived ..... I still have that letter of reprimand from the sheriff proudly displayed on my “I love me” wall in my den....


90 posted on 04/17/2018 2:33:26 PM PDT by Squantos (Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: sparklite2

Probably breaking compressor blades, and that’s never a good thing heh.


91 posted on 04/17/2018 2:33:51 PM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: Hostage

turbine blades are not steel but rather nickel based super alloys


92 posted on 04/17/2018 2:34:01 PM PDT by bert (RE)
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To: WayneS

Andrew “Dice” Clay used to do a long list of the attributes of the Philly population, all bad, and then he’d say “and that’s the chicks.”


93 posted on 04/17/2018 2:34:17 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: NorthMountain
How aircraft turbine blades are made: Jewel in the crown: Rolls-Royce’s single-crystal turbine blade casting foundry

I think one of the things NTSB will be investigating is whether sub-quality counterfeit parts made it into the maintenance supply flow.

94 posted on 04/17/2018 2:38:09 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Big governent is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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To: bert

Pencil line drawn on a hot section blade and it will crack right on the line after a few tens of hours.


95 posted on 04/17/2018 2:41:03 PM PDT by blackdog
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To: Bulwyf

That’s probably what it was. The noise and shuddering were the scariest part, as the two remaining engines were adequate to get back to the hazard vehicle-lined airport runway.


96 posted on 04/17/2018 2:41:15 PM PDT by sparklite2 (See more at Sparklite Times)
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To: Sontagged
And can you explain where the jet exhaust is expelled, because it’s not clear from drawings or photos.

Where's your thrust vector, Victor? That's just as funny.

97 posted on 04/17/2018 2:43:19 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: Hostage

It could be defective Chinese steel and coins.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40421811


98 posted on 04/17/2018 2:44:35 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Happy Nobama)
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To: Hostage
How does an engine just suddenly blow up?

In this case S#!t happened. When the engine is spinning at operational RPMs anything that upsets the balance can be catastrophic. A bearing could fail, a turbine bucket fails, it happens and is not all that uncommon.

The engine housing is designed to help contain the parts as they spray around but that is not failsafe.

The NTSB will definitely look at the maintenance records. The high stress components are inspected visually almost every week and undergo NDI check periodically. Military engines are scrutinized much more carefully than their civilian counterparts. Military places a premium on reliability, airlines, profit.

99 posted on 04/17/2018 2:47:05 PM PDT by pfflier
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To: NorthMountain; Zarro

I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express once.

So here you go.

http://www.instituteofmaking.org.uk/materials-library/material/single-crystal-jet-engine-turbine-blade


100 posted on 04/17/2018 2:49:38 PM PDT by Eddie01
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