GE Jet Engine Blows Up On Southwest Airlines Flight With Woman S---ed From Plane

A Southwest Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Philadelphia after one of its engines suffered a major mid-flight failure.

The failure, which caused the front of the engine to disintegrate, sprayed shrapnel that penetrated the cabin of the Boeing 737-700, causing the jet to depressurize.

Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 was en route from LaGuardia Airport in New York to Love Field in Dallas, Texas when the incident occurred.

A ground stop was issued for Philadelphia International Airport following the incident. Southwest Airlines issued the following statement on its website:

We are aware that Southwest flight #1380 from New York La Guardia (LGA) to Dallas Love Field (DAL) has diverted to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL). We are in the process of transporting Customers and Crew into the terminal. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-700, has 143 Customers and five Crewmembers onboard. We are in the process of gathering more information. Safety is always our top priority at Southwest Airlines, and we are working diligently to support our Customers and Crews at this time.

Boeing also said in a statement via Twitter on Tuesday that it is aware of the incident and it is working on gathering information. The National Transportation Safety Board told Business Insider it is sending a team of investigators to the site.

The Philadelphia Airport said via Twitter that the flight landed safely, but travelers should expect delays.

The aircraft has been identified as N772SW. According to Federal Aviation Administration, the 17.8-year-old Boeing 737-700 was delivered new to Southwest Airlines in July 2000.

The aircraft was powered by a pair of CFM International CFM56 engines. CFM is a joint venture between GE Aviation and France's Safran Aircraft engines.

Helicopter footage shows that the left engine of the aircraft was damaged, according to the Associated Press. The AP also reported that the tarmac was covered in foam from firefighters after landing.

Some passengers on the flight shared details about the incident on social media.

Passenger Kristopher Johnson said via Twitter that the crew did a great job of getting the aircraft down to the ground safely and posted an image of the missing engine.

Another passenger, Marty Martinez, also posted a video to Facebook showing what it was like inside the plane during the landing.

http://www.businessinsider.com/southwest-airlines-engine-failure-terrifying-emergency-landing-2018-4

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@2hqa no wonder you're about to get laid off, with that much stupid.

Fake videos and photoshop.

Not fake. Here's news and video of it.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=5PliPrukUnM

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/smoke-from-engine-causes-plane-to-turn-around-at-atlanta-airport/734313123

Also fake news.

Not fake news. Add the Delta flight 30 yesterday with the GE CF6 that caught fire after takeoff to that list as well. At least no one died THAT time.

Fake news.

Yeah and then maybe GE will get what it deserves!!!!

Details of some of the maintenance plan changes that were made for these engines has been sent to NTSB and FAA. Let's see if they do anything with the info. That's all I have to say about that.

Very interesting to see how this plays out since it appears GE was one doing the maintenance on the engines.

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July 15, 2008

Southwest Airlines Signs 10-Year OnPoint Agreement for Its CFM Fleet.

FARNBOROUGH -- Southwest Airlines has signed a 10-year OnPointSM solution agreement with GE Aviation for the maintenance and overhaul of all its current and future CFM56-7B engines. This agreement will cover more than 660 engines currently in operation at the airline and an additional 200 engines on order. The contract is valued in excess of $2 billon over the life of the agreement.

CFM56-7B engines are a product of CFM International, a 50/50 joint company between Snecma (SAFRAN Group) and General Electric Company.

"Our partnership with GE reflects our commitment to providing the highest quality engine performance and reliability available," said Mike Van de Ven, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Southwest Airlines.

"We are excited to maintain our CFM56-7B fleet under the OnPoint solution agreement. It will provide us long-term cost-effective, comprehensive, low-risk support and services, which will enable us to more accurately predict our operating costs," said Laura Wright, senior vice president and chief financial officer of Southwest Airlines.

"GE Aviation is very pleased that Southwest Airlines has selected our company to maintain and overhaul its CFM56-7B engine fleet," said Kevin McAllister, vice president of GE Aviation's Sales organization. "With this OnPoint solution agreement, and a current service agreement on Southwest Airlines' CFM56-3 engine fleet, GE Aviation will provide services and support for more than 1,100 CFM56 engines operated by Southwest Airlines."

OnPoint solutions are flexible, long-term commitments designed to meet customers' unique engine services needs. Backed by GE's world-class support, these solutions help lower our customers' cost-of-ownership and improve the use of their assets. Available OnPoint services include overhaul, on wing support, new and used serviceable parts, component repair, technology upgrades, engine leasing and diagnostics.

GE Aviation, an operating unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), is a world-leading provider of commercial and military jet engines and components as well as integrated digital, electric power, and mechanical systems for aircraft. GE Aviation also has a global service network to support these offerings.

SMOnPoint is a service mark of General Electric Company.

https://www.geaviation.com/press-release/services/southwest-airlines-signs-10-year-onpoint-agreement-its-cfm-fleet

This story will have staying power and impact on GE, Boeing and Southwest not only due to the nature of the accident, but who was killed.

Jennifer Riordan, 43, of Albuquerque. She was a married, blue eyed, blond haired, white, mother of two (young son and daughter), and was vice president for community relations at Wells Fargo, and served on the Annunciation Catholic School advisory council.

Prior to joining Wells Fargo, Riordan was VP of Community and Public Relations for Citigroup.

She was on her way home from a business trip in New York - tweeting restaurant reviews and other photos along the way.

Her death is first fatality on US Airline in 9 years.

Sounds like Dena but all over again.

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/ntsb-southwest-737s-engine-damaged-when-fan-blade-snapped/

Blood and Death on the Plane = Blood and Death for GE’s Stock Price.

This is a tragedy, but let's be real. There are 30000 some CFM56s that have been built, the engine has been flying for some 40 years and has an excellent safety record. The engine is made jointly by GE and Safran (formerly Snecma).

Something in the front of the engine failed. Safran makes the fan, GE the compressor. The airline performs the maintenance. Until it is determined what happened, let's reserve judgement on blame. The plane is designed to fly on one engine and did so successfully. The engine is designed for containment of any parts during an engine failure, unfortunately containment did not occur, and this led to the tragedy.

Now that the poor women who was pulled out of the plane when it depressurized has died, I wonder how far the GE stock will fall since Aviation was viewed as the safe business.

That engine almost failed like GE’s power division and finance department. And that engine failed about as equally as GE Powers management staff.

Hopefully Flannery and Stokes will pull the plug on the Schenectady campus once and for all.

this is not the first time a CFM56 engine has had a failure on a SW flight. Time to ground the fleet and determine the extent of the problems. Thankfully, the bird did not crash!

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