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Southwest Emergency Landing in Long Island

What: Southwest Airlines en route from Bradley International Airport Hartford,CT to Orlando
Where: diverted to Long Island Islip Macarthur Airport
When: July 26, 2009
Who: 132 passengers and 5 crew
Why: After take-off, the crew detected an “electrical smell” and smoke; oxygen masks were deployed, and the plane diverted to Long Island where the passengers debarked without incident, and took an alternate 737-300 to Orlando. The original plane was taken out of service for a complete inspection which determined that the electrical smell originated from the burner of a coffee maker in the back of the aircraft.

George’s Point of View

Southwest, you are having a bad month.

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