>> the southwest airlines pilot who called for emergency services to be prepared on scene upon the plane's landing is being hailed as a hero for successfully landing the plane without more passengers being injured. schultz was one of the first female fighter pilots for the u.s. navy and started at the airline in 1994. southwest airline ceo says she and the flight crew handled the situation magnificently and did their job superbly. aviation experts tell me what occurred is an uncontained flowing a fan blade, a rare occurrence but it does happen on occasion. this exact same thing happened in 2016. look at these pictures side-by-side. same engine, same airline, and same damage short of that window puncture. look at this photo of the engine aboard a southwest flight in 2016 compared to the one that failed yesterday. the pilots, crew and passengers