Terrifying images emerge after Southwest plane makes emergency landing

A Southwest Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Philadelphia after part of its engine broke off and shattered a passenger window.

The National Transportation Safety Board has confirmed there was one casualty — the first US commercial flight casualty since 2013. Information about the landing is also coming in via social media and local news. 

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According to a statement from Southwest Airlines, the Boeing 737-700 from New York's LaGuardia Airport headed toward Dallas, Texas, landed at Philadelphia International Airport, and was carrying 143 people, plus five crew members at the time of landing.  Read more...

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