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2009/02/12

Southwest Airlines Boeing Lands Safely on One Engine


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Contact photographer Michael Van Bosch

What: Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 [see example above] en route from the McCarran International Airport en route to Long Island, New York.
Where: McCarran International Airport Las Vegas
When: Thursday afternoon shortly after taking off--at 3:28 p.m.
Who: 118 passengers
Why: The crew of the Southwest Airlines Boeing shut down one engine when it caught on fire; and used the remaining working engine to make the emergency landing safely.
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