Southwest Airlines flight makes emergency landing in Philadelphia on April 17 (Photo: Screenshot)
A female passenger aboard a Southwest Airlines flight was partially sucked out of her plane Tuesday after a window was shattered by a chunk of the jet’s engine.
The flight landed safely in Philadelphia after the incident, according to NBC 10 in Philadelphia. It was originally headed from New York to Dallas.
Todd Baur, a passenger on the flight, told the news station: “One passenger, a woman, was partially … was drawn out towards the out of the plane … was pulled back in by other passengers.”
At least one passenger was transported to the hospital, Fox News reported. Sources told the news organization that a passenger who sustained a head trauma is in critical condition and that nine other people are believed to have been injured.
This is a photo of the Southwest Airline plane engine after the emergency landing