Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 was a Boeing 737-700 that experienced an uncontained engine failure after departing from New York – LaGuardia Airport en route to Dallas Love Field on April 17 , 2018 . Debris from the failed engine damaged the fuselage , causing rapid depressurization of the aircraft after damaging a cabin window . The crew conducted an emergency descent and diverted to Philadelphia International Airport . One passenger was partially ejected from the aircraft and later died . Eight other passengers received minor injuries . The aircraft was substantially damaged . It was the first fatal airline accident involving a U.S. passenger carrier since the crash of Colgan Air Flight 3407 in February 2009 , and the first accident involving Southwest Airlines that resulted in the death of a passenger
Colgan Air Flight 3407
Colgan Air Flight 3407
Southwest Airlines Flight 1380