SWA1380 - diversion to KPHL after engine event

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Originally Posted by tdracer

Hopefully this isn't 'fake news' - story about the Southwest pilot during the event:

https://heavy.com/news/2018/04/tammi...0-engine-hero/

Not quite Sully territory, but a job well done none the less.

Indeed great job from the cockpit both during and after the event.

However we are back to seeing the word 'hero' thrown about again. It was as much in Tammy's own interest as it was the rest of the passengers to get the airframe down in one piece. Heroism should be left to describe those who deliberately and selflessly risk their own lives to save the lives of others.

In this scenario, if the hole had been much larger and an entire seat with passenger was about to be sucked out, yet another passenger seated in a 'safe' part of the fuselage undid their seatbelt to hold the person from falling out - that would be heroic. They would be endangering their own life to save others.

Pedant mode off.