Southwest Emergency Landind

Woman 'partially sucked out of plane window' after mid-air malfunction

Officials say one person has died as dramatic images emerge after a faulty plane is forced to make an emergency landing.

21:19, UK,Tuesday 17 April 2018

Image:A passenger posted a photo of the damaged engine. Pic: @joeasaprap

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By Ajay Nair, News Reporter

A woman was partially sucked out of a plane after a window exploded in mid-air, according to media reports in the US.

Officials have also reported that one person has died after the damaged aeroplane was forced to make an emergency landing at Philiadelphia International Airport on Tuesday.

Passengers were seen walking off the plane and on to the tarmac with firefighters attending the left engine of the Southwest Airlines plane.

Image:The plane had taken off from New York City

Some tweeted that they were en route from New York City to Dallas when something went wrong with the plane, forcing pilots to make an emergency landing.

Tracking information from flightaware.com showed the plane making an abrupt turn towards Philadelphia after heading west over the south of New York.

The father of one of the passengers told NBC10 that a female passenger was partially sucked out of the aircraft in mid-air.

Image:Firefighters attending the aircraft at Philadelphia International Airport

"One passenger, a woman, was partially... was drawn out towards the out of the plane... was pulled back in by other passengers," Todd Baur said.

It is not clear if the person who died is the woman Mr Baur referred to.

Image:Oxygen masks came down during the incident. Pic: Facebook/Marty Martinez

Another passenger said in a Facebook post that a window was damaged after a problem with the aircraft's left engine.

Marty Martinez also posted photos of a damaged window and the oxygen masks which had come down during the flight.

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In a statement posted to Twitter, Southwest Airlines said there were 143 passengers on board, along with five crew members.

"We are in the process of gatheirng more information. Safety is always our top priority at Southwest Airlines, and we are working diligently to support our custimers and crews at this time," it said.

Oh Dear Oh Dear Oh Dear!!! BRING IT ON!!

British Airways Is Canceling Flights To Oakland

APRIL 3, 2018 BY LUCKY 29

BRITISH AIRWAYS

In March 2017, British Airways added 4x weekly flights between London Gatwick and Oakland. British Airways has added an incredible amount of service to the US lately, seemingly with a couple of different purposes.

They’ve been successful adding service to some secondary markets out of London Heathrow, like Austin, Nashville, New Orleans, San Diego, and San Jose, for example. They’ve also tried to compete head on with Norwegian, by adding routes from London Gatwick to Fort Lauderdale and Oakland. While I think the expansion out of Heathrow has been brilliant, I’ve questioned their strategy of competing directly with Norwegian.

When you look at British Airways’ service to California at this point, they fly to Los Angeles, Oakland, San Diego, San Francisco, and San Jose. That’s an incredible amount of capacity, especially when you consider that Los Angeles gets 3x daily flights and San Francisco gets 2x daily flights.

I don’t remember the last time that British Airways canceled a US route, though it’s finally happening. British Airways will be canceling flights to Oakland as of October 20, 2018. The flight has been removed from the winter schedule, so it remains to be seen whether it will return at some point next year (though personally I doubt it). Many have reported that the loads on this flight have been extremely low, which doesn’t come as much of a surprise.

British Airways also added flights between London Gatwick and Fort Lauderdale around the same time, and I wonder if that route is doing any better. They also fly to Miami, Orlando, and Tampa, so it seems like there’s a lot of capacity there. However, Florida does have special appeal for Europeans, so maybe that route is a bit more sustainable.

I continue to question British Airways’ strategy to compete directly with Norwegian. They can’t compete on cost, so offering a slightly better (but still shabby) product while charging more just doesn’t seem sustainable. That doesn’t even address whether or not it actually makes sense to compete with Norwegian. Norwegian is cash-strapped and isn’t doing well financially, so I’m not sure what British Airways is trying to gain here.

Are you surprised to see British Airways pull out of Oakland?