Southwest Plane Makes Emergency Landing After 'Bird Strikes'

Foxnews ^ | 3/6/23 | Brian Pfail

[Blood of Tyrants]

A Southwest Airlines plane carrying 147 passengers to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, sustained engine trouble after hitting birds, forcing it to return to Havana for an emergency landing Sunday, according to NBC News.

Officials said Southwest Airlines Flight 3923 "experienced bird strikes to an engine and the aircraft's nose shortly after takeoff," resulting in smoke filling the cabin.

According to Cuban Aviation Corporation S.A., Cuba's civil aviation authority, pilots became aware of the Boeing 737 engine issues after the collision with the birds.

A cellphone video filmed in the cabin made its way through social media, showing passengers panicking as the smoke began to fill up.

Marco Antonio told NBC's "Early Today" show: "Nobody could breathe. It was burning so much in the lungs. People were just screaming. Kids were screaming."

[Blood of Tyrants]

"According to passengers, the oxygen masks did not immediately deploy."

The oxygen masks do not automatically deploy unless the cabin pressure is above 10,000 feet although the cockpit crew can deploy them manually.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

"According to passengers, the oxygen masks did not immediately deploy."

That's because on Southwest, you need to put your credit card in and pay an extra $5.00 to get them to deploy. Otherwise, the stewardess gives you a paper bag.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

A Southwest Airlines plane carrying 147 passengers to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, sustained engine trouble after hitting birds, forcing it to return to Havana for an emergency landing Sunday

I had no idea we have domestic airlines offering flights to and from Cuba.

[billorites]

Canadian sex tourists hardest hit.

[Osage Orange]

WTH???

[Tell It Right]

Evidently birds can strike too.

[frogjerk]

Obama allowed it for humanitarian (cough, cough) reasons.

[Starboard]

“I had no idea we have domestic airlines offering flights to and from Cuba.”

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There are lots of such things going on that we are not aware of. Just saying.

[JJBookman]

I love the smell of burnt pelican in the morning, it smells like.... my wife burning Thanksgiving Dinner!

[TornadoAlley3]

Someone died “due to turbulence” on another airline per news.

[TornadoAlley3]

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/prominent-dc-lawyer-idd-victim-business-jet-hit-heavy-turbulence-rcna73587

[Texas resident]

I just looked at SW air’s website. Sure enough they have regular flights to Havana.

[Psalm 73]

“Bird Strikes” - I’ve scrubbed a ton of blenderized birds off of fan blades. Cuts down on fuel efficiency.

[FrankRizzo890]

Did you see any damage? Or was it just Osterized bird?

[Romulus]

Is it a good idea to pump oxygen into a cabin where fire may be present?

[Psalm 73]

"Did you see any damage? Or was it just Osterized bird?"

Once we cleaned them we'd get a better look with a glass - usually just Osterized bird.

Firing up an engine with damaged blades is just bad juju.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Probably not enough to change the O2 mixture in the cabin that much. If it were, you wouldn’t need a mask.

[dinodino]

That was the first thing I thought.

[Magic Fingers]

That’s to offset the no-charge for checked bags.

[Vaduz]

The oxygen masks do not automatically deploy unless the pilots hear the screaming.