Another extremely unpleasant “surprise” was thrown at passengers by a Boeing plane.
This time, during takeoff, the airliner’s engine casing was torn off. The crew decided to make an emergency landing.
It is known that now trouble has befallen the Boeing 737-800 aircraft of Southwest Airlines, – NTV channel.
The plane took off from Denver airport. Headed to Houston. Passengers managed to film the incident on video, which instantly spread on social networks.
A portion of the plane’s skin, called the engine cowling, was torn off, FAA officials said.
It is known that the torn sheets hit one of the airliner’s flaps.
Fortunately, no one was injured as a result of the incident, and the plane landed safely at the departure airport.
After three hours of waiting, the passengers departed for Houston on another aircraft.
Earlier in the USA, almost the same incident happened to another Boeing: the plane had part of its skin during flight.
