Judge Rejects Spouse’s Wrongful Death Suit Against Airline Over Lax Covid Safety June 24, 2021 By Andrew G. Simpson Citing a concern over “opening the floodgates” to litigation, a federal judge has dismissed a flight attendant’s negligence lawsuit against...
Assaulted by Passenger, Southwest Airlines Flight Attendant Loses 2 Teeth May 26, 2021 By David Koenig A flight attendant for Dallas-based Southwest Airlines was assaulted by a passenger and lost two teeth in the attack last...
Officials: Why Was Man Killed by Jet on Texas Runway There? May 14, 2020 Investigators are trying to determine how a man with apparently no security clearance ended up on a runway at a...
Southwest Jet Hits, Kills Man on Austin Airport Runway May 11, 2020 A man was struck and killed on May 7 by a commercial jet landing on a runaway at an airport...
Southwest Pilots Sue Boeing for Lost Pay, Legal Costs Over ‘Rush’ Sale of 737 Max October 8, 2019 By Mary Schlangenstein The union for Southwest Airlines Co. pilots sued Boeing Co., saying the manufacturer rushed output of the 737 Max jet...
Engine Flaws Similar to Southwest’s Found at Other Airlines July 27, 2018 By Alan Levin and Mary Schlangenstein Flaws in jet engine fan blades like one that cracked and broke loose in April, killing a Southwest Airlines Co....
8 Passengers Sue Southwest Airlines, Manufacturers Over Engine Blowout June 22, 2018 By Alana Wise Eight passengers have sued Southwest Airlines Co. over a catastrophic engine blowout in April that killed a passenger and injured...
Southwest Crew Detail Engine Explosion Causing Emergency Philadelphia Landing May 25, 2018 The flight crew on the Southwest Airlines jet that was forced to make an emergency landing in Philadelphia after an...
Southwest Has Paid Millions in Safety Violation Fines, Faced Union Safety Complaints April 25, 2018 By David Koenig Southwest Airlines runs its planes hard. Planes flying for Dallas-based Southwest make many short hops and more trips per day...
Southwest Airliner Catches Fire at California Airport, 139 Passengers Evacuate February 14, 2018 A fire on a Southwest Airlines plane forced passengers to evacuate before takeoff at a Southern California airport. Officials from...