Tuesday, July 14, 2009 , Updated
Hole in Southwest Airlines plane leads to depressurization, oxygen mask deployment
Since Dandy Don had an airtight alibi, investigators quickly moved on to other potential causes
Passengers and crew aboard Dallas-based Southwest Airlines Flight 2294 landed safely in Charleston, West Virginia on Monday (July 13) after a -- um -- hole opened up in its fuselage shortly after takeoff from Nashville.
The flight -- with a planned destination of Baltimore -- diverted to the Charleston airport when the cabin lost pressure and oxygen masks dropped from the overhead panels. Passengers at the rear of the plane were seeing daylight through a "football-sized" hole, whose cause is currently under investigation.
Just wondering: are we talking American football, or European?
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Pavel Lishin, says:
Hey, that's not terrifying at all.
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Scott Doyle, says:
Wonder if there was a redneck hitchin' in or around Nashville yesterday evening. =p
Note to self: Avoid flight at midnight of the new year.
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Jon Reynolds, says:
Cell phone video from the flight. <object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Y9VegJ3n8vs&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Y9VegJ3n8vs&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425"></object>
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