Posted on 05/06/2019 4:51:37 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
A San Antonio woman who was on the Southwest Airlines flight last year when a passenger was partially sucked out of a cabin window and later died has sued the airline and the aircraft manufacturer.
Roshini Mathew, 31, is seeking more than $1 million in damages from Southwest Airlines and the Boeing Co., as well as three other companies that manufacture and install jet engines.
Mathew, a licensed pharmacist, was one of the 149 people aboard the April 17, 2018, flight from New York to Dallas when the left engine’s fan blade broke off, damaging the engine cowling. Fragments from the engine inlet and cowling struck the Boeing 737’s wing and fuselage, shattering a window.
The rapid decompression sucked a New Mexico woman partially through the window before others pulled her back. The woman later died from her injuries. Pilot Tammie Jo Shults, a longtime Boerne-area resident, guided Flight 1380 to an emergency landing in Philadelphia on the aircraft’s remaining engine. She was hailed for her actions.
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And from this week:
“Couple aboard deadly Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 Sues airline, claiming negligence”
Joining growing list of passengers from that flight.
Things happen. just suck it up!! oopps
The only person entitled to a dime is the one who died.
This is the first I heard about this incident.
For what? The engine was inspected the day before the flight. The pilots responded exactly as they were trained to do and landed the plane safely.
From the 2nd article:
“Andrea and Kevin Nelson are accusing the airline, as well as the makers of the airplane and its parts, of knowing about possible deficiencies with the plane’s fan blades after a similar incident had occurred in 2016. The Nelsons’ lawsuit alleges the companies involved failed to conduct due diligence inspection and testing.”
“The lawsuit alleges the couple incurred severe physical injuries.”
PTSD can be very nasty.
I became a very good (too good) pal with Jack and Jim for a couple of years after my turn around the block, if you catch my drift.
Why? Because her feelings were hurt? Go into combat already.
Factual error right here: “The rapid decompression sucked a New Mexico woman partially through the window...”
Nope: cabin pressure PUSHED the woman partially out until it equalized enough to allow the others to pull her back in.
Period.
Physics matter.
What is her standing in this lawsuit?
Seems to me that only the deceased woman’s family would have standing.
There are other passengers who have sued and experienced physical injuries. This lady hasn’t...but the main issue here is that Southwest knew about the engine problem because a similar thing had happened on a prior flight the year before—albeit with no resulting fatalities.
I read that story when it happened. I’m still very upset. My lawsuit for $10,000,000 and a Ferrari gets filed tomorrow.
If it make a difference in one life of one child, it will all be worth it.
If it make a difference in one life of one child, it will all be worth it.
I’m upset and triggered that I have to read these stories about triggered people.
Where, who and how do I sue?
“Something bad happened to someone else. Give me money!”
But the fireman on the flight that pulled her back in, and other passengers who performed CPR asked for nothing.
And, to his child and my child.
“The only person entitled to a dime is the one who died.”
Yep.
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