Hole in Fuselage of Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-300 Forces Emergency Landing

[Ladiesman217n]

on record with the ntsb southwest airlines has had many incidents and non fatal landings only 1 fatality on 1 SW plane is on record

[Ladiesman217n]

its an emergency landing yes but there is a factor behind it 1 the small structural damage did not cripple the aircraft and 2 the aircraft was still flyable but could not fly above 10,000 feet. check out video for aloha 243 yes that was an emergency it was imperitive that they land. control surfaces were damaged they had to get down quick however this was not the case here the plane was still flyable it was in an emergency due to the decompressionbut the diverted to an airport of choice

[jwm239]

...what if it had been raining hard...?

imagine raindrops driven through the

hole at 500+ MPH. wow

[svbcna]

but the thing is wouldnt everyone have died after an hour due to they only have 3 - 4 tanks of oxeygen that dont last long? Anyway why would it take 2 hrs to find an airport with permission to land because there not gona go no u aint landing i like big stories of the crashes they would personally have to let them down and delay other planes right?

[YoMomSaddam]

Oxygen generators only last about 12 minutes, so when the masks come down that's all you have. The pilots dive to 10,000 feet where it is no longer necessary, so it's not a problem. Oxygen masks are very very temporary items in a plane.

[svbcna]

ok so basicly theres oxeygen up until about 11,000 feet when the oxeygen tanks run out its no basic problem but wouldnt everyone be ripped out because the seats are attached with screws?

[svbcna]

Oh the hole isnt big enough but it would have got bigger and bigger over the period of 2 hours?

[Ignantredneck]

This isnt a issue of shoddy maintainence, or lack of attention on the part of southwest airlines. This is the shit that happens to aging aircraft that are part ofa fleet that does a shitload of flying. No matter how much we would like to believe that air travel is an exact science, airplanes are machines made by human hands, and they are very complicated, and shit happens that not even the smartest engineer or pilot can forsee. The news media just wants you to watch more of their filthy junk.

[YoMomSaddam]

False. It is a lack of attention. You think that plane has all of the exact same panels and such that it had when it was first made? The maintenance on planes is vastly different from other modes of transportation such as cars. Airplanes are built to last nearly indefinitely - airplanes are repaired and parts are replaced all of the time with ease. This problem was an oversight and was a maintenance issue. Learn more about aircraft before posting.

[Ignantredneck]

The media loves aviation incidents and accidents, especially when they involve the deaths of passengers and crew. Something about Airplane crashes facinates and scares the masses to the core, and the news media agencies know this, and they use it to get more viewers and ratings. The media doesnt give a shit about you, theyre just whores trying to make a buck like so many other ignorant fat fucks in our society.

[jpg0572]

-The plane took off at 4:05 EDT

-30 minutes into the flight the plane lost cabin pressure.

-Plane landed at 6:10 EDT in West Virginia.

If the plane was losing cabin pressure 30 mins after take-off, that would put the time at 4:35 EDT. It didn't land until 6:10. That's almost 2 hours later. Is that an emergency landing??

[CaptainFaisal]

nice catch!

[Party931southFl]

smart!!!

[Blade772]

I agree that the timing does seem off, but as an employee for Southwest, aircrafts cant just land at ANY airpost without permission by the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration). They needed to find the closest airport, then get granted permission to land first. So it's either the news media lying or the FAA. Take your pick

[flippes3]

I don't know this, but thanks for posting.

[Ignantredneck]

Hey merideth, it wasnt a terrifying emergency landing, it was an uneventful diversion with alot of loud noise in the cabin. Stop hyping up every little incident and injecting fear into the hearts of americans you frigid fucking robot cunt.

[jpg0572]

Yeah - why does she do that? Absurd.

[TheYouSphere]

You want it to be down played so that when people die you can say it's just a few people and not hundreds so no big deal? An airline steward was suck out of a plane into the ocean because they didn't check things, and now the same problem almost happened again. That's irresponsible.

[TeleporterM11]

Stop hopping on these airlines. My theory is the Earths upper atmosphere is dropping or changing. This is not the only indicator, a series of construction cranes collapsing  all over recently. A rise in brain hemirages and heart attacks,heat strokes. My prediction is whole sections of the planet are going to suddenly drop dead in small pockets of a couple hundred thousand peoople at a time as their oxygen is cut off.

[rggfgjerjh]

wow that seems so cool but scary

[farundle]

Are you FUCKED in the head?

[Crudradio]

r u an alien? LOL

[tiggerdt987]

wow

thank you for posting that!