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Another Southwest Flight Suffers from Broken Window

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By NY Post. A Newark-bound Southwest airliner from Chicago made an emergency landing Wednesday after a window cracked in midair — just two weeks after a woman died after being partially sucked through a window that shattered after an engine blew apart on another Southwest jet.

“There was a loud pop and then the pilot came out and then checked things out; and then he announced we had to divert to Cleveland,” shaken passenger Chris Speros, 27, told The Post after arriving at Newark Liberty Airport on a replacement plane.

“It was pretty tense because he announced there was a crack in the window. We still had pressure in the cabin, but he wasn’t sure how much longer we were going to have it.”

On April 17, Jennifer Riordan died from injuries she sustained when she was nearly sucked out of a blown-out window on a Dallas-bound Southwest Boeing 737 out of La Guardia. (Read more from “Another Southwest Flight Suffers from Broken Window” HERE)

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Passengers Heard Window Popping on Southwest Plane

By AP. assengers on a Southwest Airlines plane first heard a loud pop and then scurried away when they saw a jagged crack in a window that forced the jet to land in Cleveland on Wednesday.

Some on board immediately thought back to just two weeks ago when a jet engine blew apart and broke a window, leading to a woman being partially sucked out and killed aboard another Southwest flight.

“It made you nervous because something like this just happened,” said passenger Paul Upshaw of Chicago, who was about two seats from the window. “We didn’t know if it was going to crack open.” (Read more from “Passengers Heard Window Popping on Southwest Plane” HERE)

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Hero Firefighter Who Pulled Southwest Passenger from Window Recounts Harrowing Story

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By The Daily Caller. The fireman who tried to save Southwest Airlines passenger Jennifer Riordan spoke out on CNN’s “New Day” Friday and said he was inspired by God to step in and help.

“God created a servant heart in me. And I felt the calling to get up and do something, stand up and act,” Andrew Needum said.

Needum said he was doing what any firefighter across the country would have done.

“I’m no different than any other firefighter in this country,” he said. “For some reason, whatever reason that is, it was me that day.” (Read more from “Hero Firefighter Who Pulled Southwest Passenger from Window Recounts Harrowing Story” HERE)

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Firefighter on Board Fatal Southwest Flight Speaks on Trying to Save Woman

By NBC News. It was before 10:30 a.m. Tuesday when Andrew Needum, a firefighter from a Dallas suburb, boarded Southwest Flight 1380 with his wife, their two young children and his parents.

They were rushing that morning to make the flight, and heading home to Texas after their first trip to New York City. There, Needum’s parents celebrated their 39th wedding anniversary and he got to shake hands with firefighters and visit the 9/11 Memorial and the New York City Fire Museum . . .

Needum, 34, is credited as one of the passengers who sprang into action to help a woman who was partially sucked out of the plane’s window when an engine exploded after takeoff. She later died from her injuries as the chaos unfolded 30,000 feet in the air, forcing an emergency landing in Philadelphia . . .

Out of respect, Needum declined to discuss exactly what he witnessed while trying to save the victim — Jennifer Riordan, a Wells Fargo executive from New Mexico.

But he praised two other passengers — real estate worker Tim McGinty and retired nurse Peggy Phillips — who helped pull Riordan back inside the plane and then performed CPR. (Read more from “Firefighter on Board Fatal Southwest Flight Speaks on Trying to Save Woman” HERE)

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