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The aircraft involved was a Boeing 737-7H4 [b] with manufacturer's serial number 27880, fuselage line number 601, and registered as N772SW. [5] The aircraft had been in service with Southwest Airlines for nearly 18 years since its manufacture in 2000. [6]
This was the second structural failure, rapid decompression, and emergency landing for Southwest Airlines in two years. Southwest Airlines Flight 2294, also a 737-300, suffered a football-sized hole in its fuselage on July 13, 2009, in a similar incident. That aircraft also made a safe emergency landing.
The first officer had 8,500 flight hours (with 4,000 of them as a captain), with 2,000 of them on the Boeing 737. Neither pilot had been involved in any accident or incident before Flight 1248. [1]: 6–8 [9] Captain Sutherland was the pilot flying (PF) and First Officer Oliver was the pilot monitoring (PM). [1]: 1
A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 Kevin Carter/Getty Images. ... David Paul Allsop, 52, was charged with driving under the influence after the incident in Savannah, Georgia, according to Chatham ...
After the incident the plane continued safely to Baltimore, Southwest said. ... Earlier this month, the FAA and NTSB said they were investigating a May 25 Southwest flight of a Boeing 737 MAX.
Authorities are investigating after a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 was ... The FAA said it is working with the NTSB and Boeing to investigate the incident. Southwest notified the NTSB of ...
The captain was 52-year-old Howard Peterson, who had been with Southwest Airlines since 1988 and had logged 11,000 flight hours, including 9,870 hours on the Boeing 737. The first officer was 43-year-old Jeffrey D. Erwin, who had been with Southwest Airlines since 1995 and had 5,032 flight hours, with 2,522 of them on the Boeing 737. [5]: 5–7
An engine cowling on a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-800 fell off on Sunday during takeoff in Denver and struck the wing flap, prompting the Federal Aviation Administration to open an investigation.