Passenger Recalls Southwest Flight With Hole In Roof

Passenger Recalls Southwest Flight With Hole In Roof

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Southwest Airlines 737 aircraft that originated in Nashville made an emergency landing in Charleston after the passenger cabin became depressurized because a hole appeared in the fuselage.

Central West Virginia Regional Airport Authority spokesman Brian Belcher said Flight 2294 was diverted to Yeager Airport and landed shortly after 6:30 p.m. Monday. There were 126 passengers and five crew members on board.

Southwest spokeswoman Marilee McInnis said a football-sized hole was located mid-cabin

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pretty scary stuff. wonder what happened! luckily no one was hurt. they had to fly an additional 7 minutes to land. hope to get some insight from our pilots on this forum. way too many of these strange incidents lately.

i wonder if something like this could have happened in the air france situation. for a whole to appear later in the flight when the plane was much higher seems like it would be pretty catastrophic. no idea what kind of plane this was. airbus?

the link below is of a cell phone video of the hole.

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