Horror as plane engine torn apart, US flight diverted

                         
More than 100 people on board US’ Southwest Airlines flight had a lucky escape when a part of the plane’s engine was ripped off thousands of feet above the Gulf of Mexico with the passengers experiencing anxious moments before the jet managed to make an emergency landing.The Southwest Airlines flight from New Orleans to Orlando, Florida, was forced to make an emergency landing in Pensacola after one of its engines fell apart over the Gulf of Mexico,it was reported.
Startled passengers on board Flight 3472 heard a frightening blast to the aircraft’s left at an altitude of 30,700 feet. Outside their windows, they saw smoke fuming from the exposed turbine blades at around 9:20am.
“All of a sudden, outside my window, there was a loud explosion, and then the plane started shuddering,” passenger Tami Richards told reporters.