Boeing 737 accident near Charleston, WV
On July 13, 2009, a Boeing 737 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Charleston, WV. No one was seriously hurt. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- July 13, 2009
- Place
- Charleston, WV
- Aircraft
- Boeing 737 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 0 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 38.373°N, 81.593°W
- NTSB ID
- 20090714X83900
Sequence of events
- Emergency descent initiated (Enroute-cruise)
- Aircraft structural failure (Enroute-cruise, defining event)
NTSB findings
- Cause: Plates/skins (aux fuselage) · Fatigue/wear/corrosion (Aircraft › Aircraft structures › Fuselage)
- Cause: Plates/skins (aux fuselage) · Failure (Aircraft › Aircraft structures › Fuselage)
Conditions
- Local time
- 9:45 PM
From Wikipedia
Southwest Airlines Flight 2294 was a scheduled US passenger aircraft flight which suffered a rapid depressurization of the passenger cabin on July 13, 2009. The Boeing 737-300 made an emergency landing at Yeager Airport in Charleston, West Virginia, with no fatalities or major injuries to passengers and crew. Investigation performed by the National Transportation Safety Board concluded that the incident was caused by a failure in the fuselage skin due to metal fatigue.
Text from Wikipedia, “Southwest Airlines Flight 2294”, CC BY-SA 4.0; shortened to the introduction. Authors.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
