Episode 26: Airmanship Saves Southwest Flight | Aviation International News's Tales from the Flight Deck Podcast | AIN

Episode 26: Airmanship Saves Southwest Flight | AIN's Tales from the Flight Deck Podcast

An uncontained engine failure challenges the skills of a Southwest Airlines crew.

By Lisa Valladares • Marketing & Client Services Director

October 25, 2019

A Southwest Airlines flight crew finds themselves in a situation they'd never experienced before when their Boeing 737 suffers an uncontained engine failure on a flight from New York to Dallas, leaving them mere moments to make the right decisions to save their compromised aircraft and their passengers.

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