Updated 8:16 p.m. ET
(Bloomberg) – One passenger was killed when an engine blew out on a Southwest Airlines Co. jetliner carrying 148 people, marking the first fatality on a U.S.-registered airline in more than nine years.
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The plane, bound for Dallas from New York's LaGuardia airport, landed shortly after 11 a.m. on Tuesday at Philadelphia International Airport. Seven people suffered minor injuries, and one was critically injured and later died.
The Associated Press identified the woman who died as Jennifer Riordan, a vice president of community relations for Wells Fargo & Co. in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Chaotic, bloody scene
The cabin suddenly lost pressure when engine debris pierced the window and flight attendants were crying, one passenger, Marty Martinez, founder and chief executive officer of Social Revolt digital marketing in Dallas, said in an interview.
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