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Accident: Southwest B737 near Denver on Apr 24th 2015, loss of cabin pressure
A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration N8647A performing flight WN-100 from Las Vegas,NV to Milwaukee,WI (USA) with 175 passengers and 6 crew, was enroute at FL370 about 250nm southwest of Denver,CO (USA), when the crew initiated an emergency descent to 16,000 feet due to the loss of cabin pressure, the passenger oxygen masks were not released, and diverted to Denver for a safe landing on runway 35L. Prior to landing emergency services at Denver had been told about a number of… (avherald.com) 更多...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
It's classified as an accident because "one passenger slipped during disembarking the aircraft, fell and was taken to a hospital with an injury."
Think that this is classified as an incident not a headline grabbing ACCIDENT. Just another day at the farm.
Definitions from the site:
"Incident marks any event out of the ordinary during flight (from the first human with the intention to fly boarding the aircraft to last human with intention to fly leaving the aircraft), that causes no injuries or death to any people and causes only limited damage (exception: the engines of an aircraft may suffer even catastrophic damage in an incident).
Accident marks an incident, that has caused injuries or death to humans or caused significant damage.
Crash marks an accident, that is potentially catastrophic (has the potential to kill everybody on board of an airplane)."
Yeah, it didn't bend metal. But I assume the injury during evacuation makes it an "accident". Simon isn't one to make headlines just for clicks. He has standard (and some would argue rigid) criteria for these things.
"Incident marks any event out of the ordinary during flight (from the first human with the intention to fly boarding the aircraft to last human with intention to fly leaving the aircraft), that causes no injuries or death to any people and causes only limited damage (exception: the engines of an aircraft may suffer even catastrophic damage in an incident).
Accident marks an incident, that has caused injuries or death to humans or caused significant damage.
Crash marks an accident, that is potentially catastrophic (has the potential to kill everybody on board of an airplane)."
Yeah, it didn't bend metal. But I assume the injury during evacuation makes it an "accident". Simon isn't one to make headlines just for clicks. He has standard (and some would argue rigid) criteria for these things.
I stand corrected. Tkank you.
Yes. Airplanes are supposed to depressurize in flight, requiring an emergency descent. Totally normal...
There's a big difference between an "Accident" and an "Incident" to the FAA. If you're gonna play here, it would be helpful to know that.
It was pretty much an incident but had o go into the accident category because as the 1st post notes, somebody slipped and fell and hurt themselves. Probably setting up for a lawsuit.