Engine cover tears open mid-takeoff on Southwest Boeing 737
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Passengers onboard Flight 3695 immediately got the attention of flight attendants after witnessing the cover separate from the right engine.
An engine cover on a Boeing 737 operated by Southwest Airlines ripped open just after taking off from Denver International Airport Sunday morning.
The Houston-bound Southwest flight took off from DIA around 7:45 a.m. and returned to the airport 30 minutes later, landing safely. No injuries were reported.
Passengers onboard Flight 3695 immediately got the attention of flight attendants after witnessing the cover separate from the right engine.
"People in the exit row across from me started yelling up to the flight attendants and showed them the damage. We turned around and made a full-speed landing,” passenger Cooper Glass told ABC News. “Pilots did a great job on the landing. We got checked out by the fire department then got towed in."
Lisa, a passenger onboard the flight, told Scripps News Denver the jolt from the engine cover blowout felt almost like a bump.
