Southwest incident today

[Pea-n-Me]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...cy-landing-Philadelphia-engine-blows-out.html

It sounds like the pilot did a fantastic job despite the tragic circumstances.

 

[BrianL]

Yeah, and here I am at DAL waiting on the second leg of my flight home from Disneyland on Southwest. I imagine CNN is covering the heck out of this, but it's not showing up on the special airport feed.

 

[mummabear]

Why is the pilot referred to as a female pilot throughout the article?

 

[RedAngie]

Why is the pilot referred to as a female pilot throughout the article?

Perhaps because it's still considered somewhat unusual for an airline to have female pilots.

I believe this is Southwest's first fatality.

 

[usnuzuloose]

Wow , what a miracle. I am so grateful it landed safely.

 

[dish rag]

Why is the pilot referred to as a female pilot throughout the article?

What's wrong with that? How many times did they refer to her as a female pilot?

 

[cabanafrau]

Perhaps because it's still considered somewhat unusual for an airline to have female pilots.

I believe this is Southwest's first fatality.

I hadn't heard there was a fatality, how tragic.

I did see a picture of the blown out engine that was absolutely terrifying. It's incredible the aircraft made it back to land relatively intact after that!

 

[DLgal]

I hadn't heard there was a fatality, how tragic.

I did see a picture of the blown out engine that was absolutely terrifying. It's incredible the aircraft made it back to land relatively intact after that!

It sounds like the passenger who died suffered a heart attack. It is unclear if this was the same person who was pulled out the window.

 

[mummabear]

Perhaps because it's still considered somewhat unusual for an airline to have female pilots.

I believe this is Southwest's first fatality.

97% of pilots are white, would you think it was acceptable for African American pilots to also be referred to by race in news stories that their race has no bearing on the story?

What's wrong with that? How many times did they refer to her as a female pilot?

Because her gender has no bearing on the story.
They said female pilot both times they focussed the pilot in the article.

 

[bobbiwoz]

So scary.

Does anyone know if it’s one of the older planes, or a newer one?

 

[LSUmiss]

So scary.

Does anyone know if it’s one of the older planes, or a newer one?

I just heard it was an 18 yr old plane.

 

[wvjules]

Reading the Facebook post of a passenger it sounds like the lady that was partially sucked out the window was the one that died.

 

[Toolulu22]

97% of pilots are white, would you think it was acceptable for African American pilots to also be referred to by race in news stories that their race has no bearing on the story?



Because her gender has no bearing on the story.
They said female pilot both times they focussed the pilot in the article.

Because being a female (pilot, doctor, engineer) etc. seems to have to be mentioned in America. sigh.....
Never hear "male pilot", doctor, engineer.
There was a time when mail carriers were called mailmen too. Words/language matter.

 

[RedAngie]

I hadn't heard there was a fatality, how tragic.

I did see a picture of the blown out engine that was absolutely terrifying. It's incredible the aircraft made it back to land relatively intact after that!

Not really...airframes are built to withstand such incidents. The plane is still intact and probably could have flown another hour or two on one engine if no emergency landing site was readily available.

ABC news confirmed the fatality is the women who was partially pulled from the plane.

 

[KevM]

So scary.

Does anyone know if it’s one of the older planes, or a newer one?

The 737-700 is an older plane. Southwest first started using them in ‘98. The 737-700 also makes up something like 70% of their current fleet.

 

[Domo]

Christ, how scary for all on board! I take my hat off to the pilot and crew for landing as they did and to the passengers for keeping the lady from being sucked out, even if as it turned out she passed on anyway

 

[Gryhndmom]

As the wife of a SW pilot I am glad to see the support for the entire flight crew as they do truly work hard to make sure your flight is safe. It is definitely sad that a passenger died.

 

[mummabear]

ABC news confirmed the fatality is the women who was partially pulled from the plane.

How terrifying.

 

[Klayfish]

Why is the pilot referred to as a female pilot throughout the article?

If I had to guess why they mention it, it's because most pilots are currently male. I don't really see it as a big deal they mentioned it, but that's just IMO.

Very sad, any loss of life is. But they were also saying it's the first domestic commercial airline fatal accident in 9+ years. Pretty incredible when you consider how many flights occur every day.

 

[bcla]

The 737-700 is an older plane. Southwest first started using them in ‘98. The 737-700 also makes up something like 70% of their current fleet.

That's still considered the 737 Next Generation. The technology is reasonably modern, with "glass cockpits" instead of dials and analog gauges everywhere. One time I was on a Southwest Flight when the plane was a 737-300. It might have been 20 years old at the time, but the cockpit door was open and I saw that it had dials.