Captain Tammie Jo Shults, one of the Southwest pilots responsible for the safe landing of a flight last month after an engine exploded mid-air, leaving one passenger dead, was reportedly not initially scheduled to pilot the flight. Shults’ husband Dean, a fellow pilot for the airline, was originally scheduled as the captain on April 17, however Dean offered to do another flight instead so she'd be able to go to her son’s track meet, Shults said during an upcoming interview with ABC News. “I traded for the trip with my husband. SOUTHWEST PILOTS USED HAND SIGNALS TO COMMUNICATE AFTER DEADLY EXPLOSIONPassenger Jennifer Riordan was killed after shrapnel from the engine broke through her window on the plane. Riordan, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, was a mother of two and a Wells Fargo bank executive.

Source: Fox News May 10, 2018 21:45 UTC