Southwest suffers "mechanical failure" inflight

[MarkR]

Well that is one way of describing the end result, at least they didn't say minor:



http://m.wdsu.com/news/southwest-air...issue/41399474

NEW ORLEANS -
A Southwest Airlines flight that left Louis Armstrong International Airport Saturday morning was diverted to Pensacola, Florida, when one of its engines began having mechanical issues mid-flight.

The incident was reported before 10 a.m. after the plane left the New Orleans airport for its scheduled flight to Orlando, Florida.

A spokesperson for Southwest said Flight #3472 made the decision to divert to Pensacola because of a mechanical issue with one of its engines. The plane landed safely around 9:40 a.m. at Pensacola International Airport.

Officials said there were no injuries among the 99 passengers and five crew members who were on the plane. The passengers will be transferred to another plane.

[David Knudsen]

Came across the ATC recording from this incident, which includes some of the checklists that were accidentally transmitted - the youtuber has also displayed the checklists which is interesting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mJCI-NCxoI