Southwest Airlines tragedy Archives

Failed Southwest Air Jet Engine Passed Multiple Visual Inspections

The fan blade that failed on a Southwest Airlines Co. plane last month, killing a passenger, had been inspected seven times since late 2012 but without the sophisticated technology airlines are now ...

Passenger Claims Mental Injuries In Southwest Airlines Fatal Engine Explosion Lawsuit

A lawsuit against Southwest Airlines Co has been filed by a passenger who was flying on last week's flight 1380, in which an engine exploded and one person was killed. The lawsuit claims that since ...

Southwest Cancels Dozens of Additional Flights to Inspect Engines

Southwest Airlines Co canceled more flights on Monday as it worked to complete inspections of engines like the one that failed last week in a deadly accident over Pennsylvania. Flightaware.com, a ...

Many Lawsuit Claims Likely From Southwest Survivors

After the crash come the claims. Being on an airplane more than six miles in the air when an engine blows up and sends shrapnel through a window is an experience so scary that aviation lawyers say ...