PHILADELPHIA — The Latest on a plane making an emergency landing in Philadelphia (all times local):<\/p>\n
12:45 p.m.<\/p>\n
A passenger on a Southwest Airlines plane says a window was damaged after a problem with its left engine and the plane made an emergency landing in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n
Southwest Airlines says there were 143 passengers and five crewmembers on board the flight Tuesday en route from New York’s La Guardia Airport to Dallas. The airline says something went awry and they landed at Philadelphia’s airport.<\/p>\n
Passenger Marty Martinez says a window exploded mid-air and posted photo of a damaged window and emergency oxygen masks dangling down.<\/p>\n
Passengers were seen walking off the plane on the tarmac at the airport and the left engine of the plane is damaged.<\/p>\n
It wasn’t immediately clear if anyone was hurt.<\/p>\n
Messages seeking comment from the Federal Aviation Administration weren’t immediately returned.<\/p>\n
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12:20 p.m.<\/p>\n
Southwest Airlines says that one of its planes heading from New York’s LaGuardia Airport to Dallas’ Love Field landed safely in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n
Tracking data from FlightAware.com shows the flight was heading west over New York’s southern tier when it abruptly turned toward Philadelphia.<\/p>\n
Passengers were seen walking off the plane on the tarmac at the airport and the left engine of the plane is damaged.<\/p>\n
It wasn’t immediately clear if anyone was hurt.<\/p>\n
Messages seeking comment from the Federal Aviation Administration weren’t immediately returned.<\/p>\n
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12:15 p.m.<\/p>\n
A Southwest Airlines plane has made an emergency landing at Philadelphia’s airport with what appears to be a damaged engine.<\/p>\n
Passengers were seen walking off the plane on the tarmac at the airport.<\/p>\n
Passengers on board posted on social media that the plane was en route from New York City to Dallas when something happened.<\/p>\n
Messages seeking comment from the Federal Aviation Administration weren’t immediately returned.<\/p>\n
Firefighters are on the scene but a spokeswoman couldn’t provide any details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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