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Southwest passenger sues airline over deadly mid-air engine failure

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Southwest passenger sues airline over deadly mid-air engine failure

A passenger on the Southwest Airlines flight whose engine failure left another traveler dead filed a lawsuit seeking damages for severe injuries.

Southwest flight 1380 was forced to make an emergency landing in Philadelphia earlier this month after shrapnel from an engine fan blade pierced the window of the single-aisle Boeing 737 traveling to Dallas from New York City.

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