How Southwest pilot Tammie Jo Shults stayed calm in the cockpit
Twenty minutes after takeoff, Southwest Flight 1380 had to make an emergency landing. One of the engines had exploded, sending metal fragments into cabin and shattering a window, killing passenger...
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JUDY WOODRUFF: Next: the pilot in charge of that emergency landing of a Southwest Airlines jet this week. Southwest Flight 1380, traveling from New York City to Dallas on Tuesday, had to land in Philadelphia 20 minutes after takeoff. One of the engines had exploded in midair, sending metal fragments into the wing and into the cabin. Passenger Jennifer Riordan died after a nearby window shattered and she was pulled halfway out the opening, while other passengers tried to save her. Most of the 148 other people on the plane were not hurt, and pilot Tammie Jo Shults, a former Navy pilot, was praised for how she handled the emergency. Here is some of Shults' communication with air traffic control. TAMMIE JO SHULTS, Southwest Airline Pilot: Southwest ...
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JUDY WOODRUFF: Next: the pilot in charge of that emergency landing of a Southwest Airlines jet this week. Southwest Flight 1380, traveling from New York City to Dallas on Tuesday, had to land in Philadelphia 20 minutes after takeoff. One of the engines had exploded in midair, sending metal fragments into the wing and into the cabin. Passenger Jennifer Riordan died after a nearby window shattered and she was pulled halfway out the opening, while other passengers tried to save her. Most of the 148 other people on the plane were not hurt, and pilot Tammie Jo Shults, a former Navy pilot, was praised for how she handled the emergency. Here is some of Shults' communication with air traffic control. TAMMIE JO SHULTS, Southwest Airline Pilot: Southwest ...
