Monday, April 23, 2018

COURAGE IN THE COCKPIT - Tammie Jo Shults

"How Southwest pilot Tammie Jo Shults stayed calm in the cockpit" PBS NewsHour 4/19/2018

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SUMMARY:  Twenty minutes after takeoff, Southwest Flight 1380 had to make an emergency landing.  One of the engines had exploded, sending metal fragments into cabin and shattering a window, killing passenger Jennifer Riordan.  Pilot Tammie Jo Shults, a former navy pilot, is being praised for how she reacted.  Science correspondent and aviation expert Miles O'Brien joins Judy Woodruff to discuss what happened.

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