The Southwest pilot who had to land her plane after an engine failure was shockingly cool, calm, and collected as she placed various calls to air traffic control.<\/p>\n
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One of the planes engines exploded and detached in midair, with some of the engine parts smashing open a window. A passenger was partially sucked out of the open window and later died from severe head trauma, and other passengers were injured.<\/p>\n
However, the pilot in charge of the plane,Tammie Jo Shults, sounded like she was totally in control as she planned her emergency landing.<\/p>\n
Shults was formerly a fighter pilot in the U.S. Navy.<\/p>\n
Southwest 1380, were single engine, Shults said over the radio. Wehave part of the aircraft missing, so were going to need to slow down a bit.<\/p>\n
Weve got injured passengers, she said.<\/p>\n
No, its not on fire, but part of its missing, Shults said when asked if the plane was on fire. They said theres a hole, and uh, someone went out.<\/p>\n
Passengers later praised Shults nerves of steel and said she helped keep them calm throughout the ordeal.<\/p>\n
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