“One person was killed on a Southwest Airlines flight from New York to Dallas when an engine exploded in midair on Tuesday, shattering a window that passengers said partially sucked a woman out of the aircraft.
“The explosion, which officials said happened about 20 minutes into the flight, prompted a desperate effort among flight attendants and passengers to save the woman.
““I think, like most passengers, I thought I was going to die,” Matt Tranchin, 34, said.
“The episode was the first time a passenger had died in an accident on a United States airline since 2009, The Associated Press said.”
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