| Submit your comments on this article |
| -Short Attention Span Theater- |
| 'Fuselage rupture' interrupts Southwest passenger flight |
| 2011-04-02 |
| DALLAS, April 2, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ Southwest Airlines said early this morning it is working with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to determine the cause of a depressurization event during a Phoenix-Sacramento flight on Friday that diverted to Yuma, Ariz., for a successful emergency landing. There were 118 passengers on board and five Phoenix-based crew members aboard Flight 812. Preliminary reports indicated the aircraft lost pressure and oxygen masks were deployed. After the plane landed safely in Yuma, the crew confirmed a hole in the top of the aircraft, approximately mid-cabin. Other available reports indicated several passengers fainted before they could use their oxygen masks while the pilot executed an emergency descent to a safer altitude. One passenger described the hole as right above an overhead luggage rack. No one was hospitalized. |
| Posted by:Anguper Hupomosing9418 |