Video Captures Boeing 737 Engine Cowl Breaking Away Throughout Takeoff

A Boeing 737 needed to rapidly brake when the aircraft’s engine seemed prefer it was beginning to disintegrate … and the entire ordeal was caught on video.

The Southwest Airways flight, heading from Denver to Houston, took off Sunday morning … when a number of the passengers observed a bit of steel ripped off the facet of the aircraft and flapped round because the aircraft started its takeoff.

Take a look at the video … the engine cowling overlaying the perimeters of the enormous turbine flies up, seemingly solely held collectively by just a few strands of stray steel — at first, not slowing down the jet one bit.

Southwest tells TMZ … the passengers onboard obtained off the aircraft safely and boarded one other plane — touchdown in Houston about three hours after their unique estimated arrival time. The airline says it is trying into the mechanical failure.

That is simply the most recent in a collection of mechanical complications Boeing’s dealing with … bear in mind, simply final month a United Airways Boeing 777 lost a tire proper because it took off, smashing a number of vehicles beneath.

And, in fact, the door of a distinct aircraft blew out throughout one flight, forcing the 737 Max 9 to make an emergency touchdown in Portland … so, this newest difficulty appears extra of the latest identical for the plane-producing large.