Passenger Who Survived A Fatal Flight Is Suing Southwest Airlines
On April 17, an engine that exploded caused the death of one passenger and injured others. A survivor has filed a lawsuit against the carrier, alleging she now suffers from PTSD and other conditions.
A passenger who was on the Southwest Airlines plane with an exploding engine part has sued the carrier.
Lilia Chavez, a California native, boarded a flight on April 17 at New York's LaGuardia Airport that was bound for Dallas. Twenty minutes later and at an altitude of 32,000 feet, the oxygen masks fell.
Passengers heard an explosion, a window shattered, a woman was nearly ejected from the in Philadelphia but the woman, a mother of two, died from blunt trauma to her head, neck and torso. Other passengers survived with injuries.
