One dead after Southwest jet engine failure: US official
One person died Tuesday after a jet engine failed on a Southwest Airlines flight from New York to Dallas, prompting an emergency landing in Philadelphia, a US official said.
By AFP
April 18, 2018
NEW YORK: One person died Tuesday after a jet engine failed on a Southwest Airlines flight from New York to Dallas, prompting an emergency landing in Philadelphia, a US official said.
Southwest flight 1380, a Boeing 737, encountered a problem with the engine shortly after take-off from New York´s LaGuardia airport, Robert Sumwalt, chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, told a news conference.
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