One Dead, Others Injured After Major Incident On A Southwest Airlines Flight

This is horrific in every way imaginable.

A Southwest Airlines flight had to make an emergency landing after an engine blew, resulting in a smashed window. One person has died as a result of the incident.

Seven other people suffered minor injuries, Philadelphia Fire Commissioner Adam Thiel said. Dallas-bound Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 out of New York had 143 passengers and a crew of five onboard, Southwest said in a statement.

Passenger Marty Martinez posted a brief Facebook Live video showing him donning his oxygen mask. “Something is wrong with our plane!,” he wrote. “It appears we are going down! Emergency landing!! Southwest flight from NYC to Dallas!!”

Southwest said the Boeing 737-700 left  New York’s LaGuardia Airport shortly after 10:30 a.m. ET, bound for Dallas Love Field. The airport said the plane had landed “safely” and that passengers were being brought into the terminal. The cause of the emergency was not immediately released.

Southwest Airlines plane's engine explodes; passenger reportedly hit with shrapnel https://t.co/sCirEfSvm6 pic.twitter.com/BkxEJy29oF

— Fox News (@FoxNews) April 17, 2018

LIVE: Authorities give latest updates after Southwest Airlines flight makes emergency landing at Philadelphia airport. https://t.co/XtkceZ0ped https://t.co/WG7alMgwUu

— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 17, 2018

"All of a sudden, we hear an explosion and come to find out that the engine exploded on the left side of the plane," claims Marty Martinez, the Southwest passenger that live-streamed flight making an emergency landing https://t.co/lVelLDaE97 pic.twitter.com/8lJAuc0Qdr

— CBS News (@CBSNews) April 17, 2018

JUST IN: Engine explodes during Southwest flight https://t.co/s7cfeqYtlV

— New York Post (@nypost) April 17, 2018

"The flight attendant confirmed that the engine blew out and when we landed, there were no hydraulics," Southwest passenger Marty Martinez claims. "So I guess the pilot landed manually." https://t.co/m3lth9FFRU pic.twitter.com/R42Bo0vEMa

— CBS News (@CBSNews) April 17, 2018

EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT: Check out this photo from Joe Marcus via twitter–a passenger on the Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 that just made an emergency landing in Philadelphia. pic.twitter.com/fLk42M1kew

— Eyewitness News (@ABC7NY) April 17, 2018

As a Southwest flight made an emergency landing in Philadelphia on Tuesday, a passenger live streamed the terrifying moment the plane went down. Here's what we know about the incident so far: https://t.co/7XssSUw3Zu pic.twitter.com/tMmQjQMwel

— CBS News (@CBSNews) April 17, 2018

An engine exploded and a woman was nearly sucked out of a window on a Southwest Airlines flight…
Thank God everyone is safe, but I'm never sitting window again. pic.twitter.com/XLQeNqBnrH

— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) April 17, 2018

I can’t even imagine.

We’ll update you as we find out more.