Southwest Airlines Flight 2294
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Southwest Airlines Flight 2294 (WN2294/SWA2294) was a scheduled US passenger aircraft flight which suffered a rapid depressurization of the passenger cabin on July 13, 2009. The aircraft made an emergency landing at Yeager Airport (CRW) in Charleston, West Virginia, with no fatalities or major injuries to passengers and crew. An NTSB investigation found that the incident was caused by a failure in the fuselage skin due to metal fatigue.[1]
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Incident | |
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Date | July 13, 2009 (2009-07-13) |
Summary | In-flight structural failure leading to rapid decompression |
Site | near Charleston, WV |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Boeing 737-3H4 |
Operator | Southwest Airlines |
Registration | N387SW |
Flight origin | Nashville International Airport (KBNA) |
Destination | Baltimore Washington International Airport (KBWI) |
Occupants | 131 |
Passengers | 126 |
Crew | 5 |
Fatalities | 0 |
Injuries | 0 |
Survivors | 131 |
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