Unfortunately, the woman in the Daily Caller linked below lost her battle for survival.
But there is another story within the story – Tammie Jo Shults (pictured on the front page), heroine, was able to land the damaged plane.
Tammie Jo Shults, Southwest Pilot: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know.
She was one of the first female fighter pilots in the U.S. Navy.
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Daily Caller: A woman narrowly escaped losing her life after she was pulled out of an airplane due to the cabin depressurizing while in mid-air Tuesday.
An unidentified woman managed to survive despite nearly getting pulled out of a Southwest Airline’s airplane headed for Dallas, TX, NBC10 reported. The plane had departed LaGuardia Airport in N.Y. when a small piece of the airplane’s engine broke off and managed to break the window while at an altitude of approximately 32,000 ft. Despite the woman almost getting snatched from the plane, passengers fortunately pulled her back into the aircraft.
“One passenger, a woman, was partially … was drawn out towards the out of the plane … was pulled back in by other passengers,” Todd Baur, the father of a passenger on the airplane, told NBC2 in a phone interview. more here
The whole victorious story, and then as an add on, oh one woman died !
Landing a plane with structural damage is more than risky business. Go Navy.
Conflicting story. Woman sucked out of plane, dies. Woman partially sucked out of plane, lives. Which is it?
WAS THE FEMALE PILOT PAID AS MUCH AS HER MALE COUNTERPARTS?? THAT’S ALL THAT MATTERS!!
@Corona ~ it’s what passes today for reporting …. it’s ‘journalism’
more confusing than Father’s Day in the ghetto
Corona
The woman sucked out the window was alive when they got her back inside.
However, she eventually succumbed to her injuries and died after the story went on-line.
Brava, Mrs. Shults!
Uncontained turbofan failures are rare. Rapid decompression is rare. Having a passenger almost sucked out of smashed windows at 32,000 ft. is rare. All three?! I cannot imagine what the pilot, crew, and passengers experienced.
I hate flying. Likewise I don’t trust other amusement rides. If I don’t put in the rivets myself you’re asking me to trust that some inferior individual with a questionable work ethic with my safety.
This incident may be none of that.
Doesn’t make less nervous.
My wife and I flew SWA yesterday, from San Diego to Sacramento.
She sat in the same seat location as the woman who died today. Window seat, Left side, over the flaps. I was on the aisle. My head’s been spinning since I saw the picture of the window on today’s flight. Seats in front of the engines will be the new rule in our family.
All Too Much
YOUR IN SAC? I’ll hook you up with dinner tomorrow. Head north.
The sad thing is… The woman that died plugged the hole, and likely prevented pulmonary barotrauma injuries in others. It certainly wasn’t voluntary, but she died a hero.
Yeah, Brad. Near the zoo., in the middle of the liberal soul of this city.
First death on a commercial flight in a decade.
That really sucks.
@Benito the Bombed Beaner April 17, 2018 at 10:22 pm
We must also think about the very strong possibility she had been raped in the cockpit by the co-pilot.
@PHenry April 17, 2018 at 10:43 pm
I’ve had to do a lot of flying recently, and it really does suck. It is uncomfortable and boring. Probably less comfortable than what the pioneers experienced in their ox-driven wagons. Airport food is pretty atrocious, and stinky. When the person next to you gives you a blast of foul garlic breath, blame the airport for hosting establishments like Chili’s and Pizza Hut.
I have to laugh when the FAs say “Relax and Enjoy Your Flight”. I feel like saying: “Lady, If you want me to enjoy this flight, c’mon over here and give me a back message.”
Scary when large high rpm shit fails, it goes big.
Good job to the flight crew!