Southwest Jet Makes Emergency Landing After Decompression

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A Southwest Airlines flight bound for Sacramento made an emergency landing in Yuma, Ariz., after a hole appeared and caused the cabin to lose pressure, according to a CBS13 report.

Southwest Jet Makes Emergency Landing After Fuselage Hole Causes Decompression

Another article:

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A commercial flight from Phoenix to Sacramento this afternoon had to be diverted to an airport in Yuma due to rapid cabin decompression that may have been caused by a hole in the jet’s fuselage.

Sacramento-Bound Flight Makes Emergency Landing In Yuma, Arizona

No injuries reported. Story is still breaking.

I guess the mythbusters got it wrong...

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(CNN) -- Investigators found "widespread cracking" on the skin of a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 that made an emergency landing in Arizona after a hole opened on top of the aircraft during flight Friday, a National Transportation Safety Board member said Sunday.

'Widespread cracking' found where hole opened on Southwest jet

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FYI..I would be CRAPPING my frigging pants if I was on that plane!

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FYI..I would be CRAPPING my frigging pants if I was on that plane!

Im jewish but I think I would be saying a few Hail Mary's, some Allah Akbar's, maybe a mourners kaddish and namaste, definitely some namu-amida-butsu and Om mani padme hum, really anything to hedge my bets of getting off the plane alive.

(FYI I was flying into Burlington Airport in a Bombardier Q400 about 3 days after the plane crash in Buffalo in 2009 involving a similar type plane when we hit extremely heavy turbulence about 1.5 minutes from landing, to say I was sh*tting a brick is an understatement.)

Edited April 4, 2011 by bvfdjc316