Of flight. First, lets go to Trace Gallagher and our west coast newsroom with the breaking details and the rest of this amazing story. Southwest 1380 was 30 minutes into a flight from new Yorks Laguardia airport to dallas and at 30,000 feet, the left engine broke apart, the engine casings are designed to prevent any metal from flying out, but in this case, the failure was uncontained and debris damaged and pierced the windows of row 17. The plane immediately lost pressure and the oxygen masks were deployed. A woman who reportedly was sitting near the window of row 17 was struck by metal an passengers essay her body was partially sucked toward the opening. She was pulled back by those sitting near her, but witnesses say her injuries were simple he too extensive and she later died. Listen to one of the pilots explaining the engine failure to air traffic control. We should note that female pilot, her name is tammy jo saltz and she is now being hailed as a hero and its notable that she was