On April 17, 2018, Southwest Airlines Flight 1380, a Boeing 737-700 flying from LaGuardia Airport, New York, en route to Dallas Love Field, Texas, experienced an engine failure over Pennsylvania. The
Pieces of the aircraft engine nacelle in a field
N772SW, the aircraft involved in the accident, seen in 2016
The inboard side of the damaged cowling
Piece of the failed fan blade showing fracture surface with fatigue indications
Uncontrolled decompression
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An uncontrolled decompression is an undesired drop in the pressure of a sealed system, such as a pressurised aircraft cabin or hyperbaric chamber, that typically results from human error, structural f
Southwest Airlines Flight 1380
…failure over Pennsylvania. The engine cowl was broken in the failure, and cowl fragments damaged the fuselage, bursting a cabin window and causing explosive depressurization of the aircraft. Other fragments caused destruction to the wing. The pilots then descended and diverted to Philadelphia International Airport, Pennsylvania…
NASA astronaut candidates being monitored for signs of hypoxia during training in an altitude chamber