A Southwest Airlines flight attendant suffered a compression fracture to a vertebra in her upper back during a hard landing last month in California, according to federal safety investigators.
FILE - A Southwest Airlines flight prepares to land at Reagan National Airport, in Arlington, Va., Monday, Dec. 27, 2021. A Southwest Airlines flight attendant suffered a compression fracture to a vertebra in her upper back during a hard landing in July 2022 in California, according to federal safety investigators. DALLAS —
The pilots told investigators that they were aiming for the normal touchdown zone on the relatively short runway.Dallas-based Southwest said in a statement Monday, “We reported the matter to the NTSB in accordance with regulatory requirements and conducted an internal review of the event.” Shortly after the 18-year-old Boeing 737-700 taxied off the runway, the pilots — a 55-year-old captain and 49-year-old co-pilot — were told about the injury to the flight attendant, who was in a jump seat at the back of the plane.
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