Heartbreaking: See The Mother-Of-2 Who Died After Being Partially Sucked Out Of A Plane Mid-Flight

The woman who was killed after being partially sucked out of a plane mid-flight has been identified as photos emerged. 

Jennifer Riordan

 

According to a report by Metro UK, a business executive has been identified as the woman who was partially sucked out of an aeroplane after one of its engines exploded during take-off.

 

Jennifer Riordan, 43, was a mother-of-two who worked for Wells Fargo and lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

 

She was on her way home from a business trip on the New York to Dallas flight when the plane’s port engine exploded. Shrapnel was sent flying into the window next to her seat causing it to break and sucking her out.

 

 

Another passenger said that ‘from her waist above, she was outside the plane’. Fellow passengers scrambled to help Mrs Riordan then gave her CPR while hero pilot Tammie Jo Shults made an emergency landing at Philadelphia Airport.

 

Mrs Riordan was rushed to hospital but she later died from her injuries. Another seven people suffered minor injuries.

 

The pilots of the twin-engine Boeing 737 bound from New York to Dallas with 149 people aboard took it into a rapid descent Tuesday and made an emergency landing in Philadelphia. Oxygen masks dropped from the ceiling and passengers said their prayers and braced for impact.

 

‘I just remember holding my husband’s hand, and we just prayed and prayed and prayed,’ said passenger Amanda Bourman, of New York.

 

 

The National Transportation Safety Board sent a team of investigators to Philadelphia. In a late night news conference, NTSB chairman Robert Sumwalt said one of the engine’s fan blades was separated and missing.

 

The blade was separated at the point where it would come into the hub and there was evidence of metal fatigue, Sumwalt said. The engine will be examined further to understand what caused the failure.

 

The investigation is expected to take 12 to 15 months.