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NTSB publishes pictures of Southwest Airlines damaged fuselage

Washington, USA - There is no evidence of pre-existing damages

The American NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) has published the pictures of Southwest Airlines Boeing 737/300's damaged fuselage. The aircraft had been forced to an emergency landing on Monday due to sudden cabin depressurization, caused by the aperture of a football-sized hole slightly before the tail-fin (see AVIONEWS). "The damage -NTSB stated in a note- left a hole measuring approximately...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1107289
Rome, Italy, 07/17/2009 13:52
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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