A woman has died after a US passenger plane blew an engine at 32,000ft and got hit by shrapnel that smashed a window, causing her to be partially sucked out of the window. A woman has died after a US passenger plane blew an engine at 32,000ft and got hit by shrapnel that smashed a window, causing her to be partially sucked out of the window. Mother-of-two dies after being partially sucked out of plane windowThe incident sparked a desperate scramble by passengers to save the woman from getting pulled out of the plane by the sudden decompression, but she later died and seven others were injured. A family check in for their Southwest flight in Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania U.S. April 17, 2018. He said they were told to brace for the emergency landing.

Source: Irish Independent April 18, 2018 01:32 UTC