Woman sucked from Southwest Airlines plane died of 'blunt trauma'
Has anyone ever known this to ever happen before ? even John Lear ?
More details have been released about the death of a woman who was partially sucked out of a plane window in the US.
Jennifer Riordan, 43, died after an engine failed on Southwest Flight 1380 and debris smashed the window beside her seat in the 14th row of the plane.
Witnesses said Mrs Riordan, who was a mother-of-two from Albuquerque and an executive at Wells Fargo bank, was out of the aircraft to her waist after the window broke.
Philadelphia's medical examiner has ruled that the cause of Mrs Riordan's death was blunt trauma to the head, neck and torso.
The death was ruled an accident, spokesman Jim Garrow said.
The passengers were praised for pulling Mrs Riordan back into the plane and trying to save her.
Seven other people were injured before the plane - which was travelling from New York to Dallas with 144 passengers and five crew on board - made an emergency landing in Philadelphia.
Meanwhile, the captain and first officer on the flight have issued a statement through the airline, saying they were "simply doing our jobs".
Captain Tammie Jo Shults and first officer Darren Ellisor said: "Our hearts are heavy.
"On behalf of the entire crew, we appreciate the outpouring of support from the public and our co-workers as we all reflect on one family's profound loss.
"We joined our company today in focused work and interviews with investigators.
"We are not conducting media interviews and we ask that the public and the media respect our focus."
:: Hero pilot praised for 'nerves of steel' was US navy trailblazer
Mrs Shults, who began her aviation career as one of the first female pilots in the US navy, was praised for her "nerves of steel" after calmly and safely landing the plane.
She was one of the first women to fly the F/A-18 Hornet fighter and later rose to the rank of lieutenant commander.
But in the 1980s, being a woman prevented her from flying combat roles, relegating her to support or training positions.
The mother-of-two left the Navy in 1993, moving to Southwest Airlines with her husband, also a pilot.
Her brother-in-law Gary Shults described the 56-year-old as a "formidable woman, as sharp as a tack".
He said: "My brother says she's the best pilot he knows."
Her mother-in-law Virginia Shults described her as a devout Christian, saying that her faith may have contributed to her calmness during the emergency and the landing.
"I know God was with her, and I know she was talking to God," she said.
Earlier on Wednesday, Southwest Airlines announced it was speeding up its investigation of engines related to the one that failed on the flight.
"The accelerated inspections are being performed out of an abundance of caution and are expected to be completed over the next 30 days. The accelerated checks are ultrasonic inspections of fan blades of the CFM56 engines," the airline said.
The US Federal Aviation Administration also said it would order the inspection of 220 jet engines, while makers CFM said in a statement that it was supporting the investigation.
National Transportation Safety Board chairman Robert Sumwalt said a preliminary investigation found an engine fan blade was missing, having apparently broken and there was metal fatigue at the point where it would usually be attached.
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/woman-sucked-southwest-airlines-plane-died-blunt-trauma-034300074.html
Quote from: astr0144 on April 19, 2018, 12:27:25 PM
Woman sucked from Southwest Airlines plane died of 'blunt trauma'
Has anyone ever known this to ever happen before ? even John Lear ?
June 10, 1990: Miracle of BA Flight 5390 as captain is sucked out of the cockpit – and survivesQuick-thinking cabin crew saved Captain Tim Lancaster's life when a faulty window blew out at 17,300 feet and hauled him outside the jet for 22 minutes.
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http://home.bt.com/news/on-this-day/june-10-1990-miracle-of-ba-flight-5390-as-captain-is-sucked-out-of-the-cockpit-and-survives-11363985642960
Seems the UK needs to do better inspections on their airplanes
:o 8)
Burning man 'sucked out of plane' over Mogadishu after explosion on board
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An explosion – thought to have been a bomb – ripped a hole in the side of a plane, with reports that the charred body of a man fell to earth
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travel-truths/what-happens-when-a-plane-loses-cabin-pressure/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/somalia/12137391/Burning-man-sucked-out-of-plane-over-Mogadishu-after-explosion-on-board.html
Ummmmm NO! :P
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John Lear
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Tammie Jo Shults was at the helm of a twin-engine Boeing 737 on Tuesday with 149 people aboard when one of the aircraft's engines blew. At 32,000 feet, shrapnel from the blown engine smashed a window, and passengers scrambled to save a woman from getting sucked out.
The Southwest pilot hailed as a hero for landing a crippled Southwest plane was among the first female fighter pilots to serve in the U.S. Navy.
Yes, but...everyone needs to know that her 'heroic' actions are what ever single airline captain certificated by the FAA is required to demonstrate every 6 months in a simulator. All pilots, even co-pilots have to demonstrate this ability.
While Capt. Shultz deserves every bit of the congratulations she is getting you need to know this is a 'no sweat' performance that all airline captains are required to demonstrate several times during recurrent training every 6 months, every single year of their employment.
Emergencies such as pressurization failures, hydraulic failures and engine fires are practiced so many times they become 'second nature' and when the real thing happens Captains rarely break a sweat.
Every 6 months Captains go to several days of ground and simulator training. They go over and over aircraft limitations and maximums. They climb into unbelievably realistic simulators where the FAA or FAA designated instructors introduce every possible kind of emergency in two or three 4 hours sessions. Many times the instructor 'compounds' the emergencies by, for instance, introducing loss of hydraulics, then an engine fire. Many of us were drenched with sweat after these 4 four training situations. But in most cases, when the real thing happened, it was, "been there, done that, got the coffee cup, no sweat."
So Tami Jo, congratulations for a job well done! But thats what we train for all of our careers right?
~ John Lear
Quote from: zorgon on April 20, 2018, 03:51:03 AM
Yes, but...everyone needs to know that her 'heroic' actions are what ever single airline captain certificated by the FAA is required to demonstrate every 6 months in a simulator. All pilots, even co-pilots have to demonstrate this ability.
That's a problem I see many times in the US, people being treated as heroes for doing what they are supposed to do.
Good job, anyway.
Quote from: ArMaP on April 20, 2018, 09:13:23 AM
That's a problem I see many times in the US, people being treated as heroes for doing what they are supposed to do.
Well most of the time in America when you do ONE thing wrong the press calls you out :P Rarely do people give credit for a job well done ... because that is your job :P
But human nature requires a little pat on the back from time to time :D
Nice find / research of some other similar instances Zorgon !
They have all been quite unbelievable !
Its hard to believe that another plane managed to captured a photo of that BA aircaft pilot at the front of the plane...at that time..
Maybe the problem is not just in the UK...
I used to think that most of the Worlds airliner BA type aircraft, especially in the UK had been built in Boeing in Seattle USA ! but I think UK do also build their own..
but the initial aircraft in the Article was a SW airlines that I though was from USA..
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Seems the UK needs to do better inspections on their airplanes
Astro, Boeing does build their planes in Seattle; the point is that every airline has to meticulously inspect each plane in their fleet for wear or damage on a quite frequent basis...
yes, the OP was about a Southwest flight in the US; the pilot being sucked out of the cockpit was British Airways...
Quote from: zorgon on April 19, 2018, 09:39:45 PM
June 10, 1990: Miracle of BA Flight 5390 as captain is sucked out of the cockpit – and survives
Quick-thinking cabin crew saved Captain Tim Lancaster's life when a faulty window blew out at 17,300 feet and hauled him outside the jet for 22 minutes.
(http://home.bt.com/images/a-reconstruction-of-pilot-tim-lancasters-legs-being-held-by-a-flight-attendant-image-credit-national-geographic-channel-136398564451002601-150609172658.jpg)
(http://zaidap.com/pictures/picfullsizes/2018/02/28/adl1519777599.jpg)
http://home.bt.com/news/on-this-day/june-10-1990-miracle-of-ba-flight-5390-as-captain-is-sucked-out-of-the-cockpit-and-survives-11363985642960
Seems the UK needs to do better inspections on their airplanes
:o 8)
Quick-thinking cabin crew saved Captain Tim Lancaster's life when a faulty window blew out at 17,300 feet and hauled him outside the jet for 22 minutes.
Fansongecho comments below -
The UK-NTSB discovered that the window had been replaced by a engineer who used the wrong sized screws to secure the replacement window.