When disaster occurred at 32,000 feet, a veteran airline pilot knew exactly what to do. By Diane Tedeschi AIR & SPACE MAGAZINE | SUBSCRIBE DECEMBER 2019 On April 17, 2018, Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 experienced an uncontained engine failure that […]
“We’re not going down. We are going to Philly.” That was the message Southwest pilot Tammie Jo Shults sent from the cockpit as Southwest flight 1380 lost altitude in 4,000-foot chunks, having suffered catastrophic damage and an engine loss. The […]
BY ROSE MINUTAGLIO OCT 8, 2019 Everything was routine, until Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 hit 32,000 feet in the sky. Then confusion set in. A deafening boom pierced the cabin and ominous black smoke billowed into the cockpit, temporarily blinding the […]
Her book titled Nerves of Steel is being released Tuesday. By Kyle Arnold 10:01 PM on Oct 7, 2019 The initial shock was so violent from the blown engine on Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 that Tammie Jo Shults thought there had […]
Nerves of Steel is the captivating true story of Tammie Jo Shults’s remarkable life—from growing up the daughter of a humble rancher, to breaking through gender barriers as one of the Navy’s first female F/A-18 Hornet pilots, to safely landing the […]
Governor Greg Abbott and the Governor’s Commission for Women today announced seven Texas women, recognized for outstanding achievement and for changing the course of history, have been selected for induction into the Texas Women’s Hall of Fame. “The Texas Women’s […]
Everything was going smoothly until Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 reached about 32,000 feet. Then there was chaos. A deafening bang. A puff of gray smoke. Oxygen masks dropped. At first, the plane vibrated violently side to side. Then it lunged to […]
Tammie Jo Shults and Darren Ellisor, the pilots who safely landed a Southwest Airlinesplane on April 17 after one of its engines failed, said it was teamwork and training that helped them get through the “life-changing” experience that left one passenger […]
The Southwest Airlines pilot hailed as a “hero” for safely landing Flight 1380after a deadly engine explosion last month said that as the chaos unfolded in the air, it felt like a flashback to her naval training. Captain Tammie Jo Shults and her co-pilot, Darren Ellisor, […]
Capt. Tammy Jo Shults, the pilot who landed a Southwest Airlines plane last month after one of its engines exploded and blew a hole in the cabin, has been widely hailed as a hero for her calm nerves and steady leadership […]