The last deadly accident on a US passenger plane was in February 2009, when Colgan Air 3407 crashed in wintery conditions while on approach in Buffalo, killing 49 aboard and one person on the ground. The fatality marks the first fatal accident involving a commercial US passenger airline flight in nine years. The plane's engines are made by CFM International, a French-US venture co-owned by Safran and General Electric, which was not immediately available for comment. The aircraft's maker, Boeing, said on Twitter it was aware of the incident and was 'gathering more information'.

He said part of the engine's covering, called a cowlling, was found in Bernville, Pennsylvania, about 70 miles from the Philadelphia airport. Its chairman Robert Sumwalt said a preliminary investigation found an engine fan blade missing, having apparently broken off, and that there was metal fatigue at the point where it normally attached. 'We have activated our emergency response team and are deploying every resource to support those affected by this tragedy.'Īmerica's National Transportation Safety Board has launched an investigation. 'The entire Southwest Airlines Family is devastated and extends its deepest, heartfelt sympathy to the customers, employees, family members and loved ones affected by this tragic event. Southwest Airlines said: 'We are deeply saddened to confirm that there is one fatality resulting from this accident. 'People in the other rows are - just trying to plug the hole, which sounds ridiculous, because you know people are using jackets and things, and it's just being sucked right out,' he told CNN. The good news is there’s no way you’ll ever get sucked into a black hole. A black hole is an area of such immense gravity that nothingnot even lightcan escape from it. We can only imagine what that looks like. Even so, some areas are darker than others. Everything a black hole ever sucked up is still inside it. If it’s close to a star, it will suck in star material.

He said other passengers were trying to patch the hole in the plane. That black hole sucks in the gas and dust around it. 'So you see people, from the back of the seat, holding onto her, you know, trying to keep her contained.' 'Her arms and her body were sucked, like sucked in that direction, from my vantage point,' he said. In fact, the closest black hole to Earth is 15 60 light years away from us. There is no black hole near our Solar System, so there is no chance of Earth ever getting sucked into a black hole. He said he was sitting two rows behind the window that was broken mid-flight. They’re not roaming around space eating stars and planets. 'It appears we are going down! Emergency landing!! Southwest flight from NYC to Dallas!!' Mr Martinez streamed a brief Facebook Live video with the caption 'Something is wrong with our plane! 'Meanwhile, you have passengers that were in that aisle, trying to attend to the woman that was bleeding from the window explosion. 'We could feel the air from the outside coming in, and then we had smoke kind of coming in the window. 'And meanwhile, there was blood all over this man's hands.

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