Southwest Airlines Flight 2294
Exterior view of the damaged fuselage section | |
| Incident | |
|---|---|
| Date | July 13, 2009 |
| Summary | In-flight structural failure leading to rapid decompression |
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| Aircraft | |
| N387SW, the aircraft involved, photographed 2 days before the incident | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 737-3H4 |
| Operator | Southwest Airlines |
| IATA flight No. | WN2294 |
| ICAO flight No. | SWA2294 |
| Call sign | SOUTHWEST 2294 |
| Registration | N387SW |
| Flight origin | Nashville International Airport |
| Destination | Baltimore Washington International Airport |
| Occupants | 131 |
| Passengers | 126 |
| Crew | 5 |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Survivors | 131 |
Southwest Airlines Flight 2294 was a scheduled US passenger aircraft flight which suffered a rapid depressurization of the passenger cabin on July 13, 2009. The aircraft made an emergency landing at Yeager Airport in Charleston, West Virginia, with no fatalities or major injuries to passengers and crew. Investigation performed by the National Transportation Safety Board concluded that the incident was caused by a failure in the fuselage skin due to metal fatigue.