Southwest Airlines Flight 3472
Southwest Airlines Flight 3472 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight operating from New Orleans International Airport in New Orleans, Louisiana to Orlando International Airport in Orlando, Florida. On August 27, 2016, the Boeing 737-7H4, with 99 passengers and five crew, 12 minutes after departure from New Orleans, was climbing through 31,000 feet and heading east over the Gulf of Mexico when the aircraft's number one CFM International CFM56-7 engine suffered an uncontained engine failure. Debris from the engine punctured the left side of the fuselage causing a loss of cabin pressure and damaged the wing and empennage. Oxygen masks were deployed to passengers while the crew initiated an emergency descent to 10,000 feet. The aircraft then diverted to Pensacola International Airport for a safe landing about 20 minutes later without further incident. While the aircraft sustained substantial damage, there were no injuries.
Q1461076
New Orleans International Airport
LOC
Q34404
New Orleans, Louisiana
LOC
Q929859
Orlando International Airport
LOC
Q49233
Orlando, Florida
LOC
Q1084919
Boeing 737-7H4
MISC
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Gulf of Mexico
LOC
Q743004
number one
Concept
Q3574620
CFM International CFM56-7
Concept
Q3362188
uncontained engine failure
UNK
Q2389519
cabin pressure
UNK
Q161358
wing
Concept
Q1506785
empennage
Concept
Q6587079
Pensacola International Airport
LOC
Q30633576
Southwest Airlines Flight 3472
MISC
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3472
DATE
2016-08-27T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
August 27, 2016
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destination point
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