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1 April 2011

Southwest Airlines Flight WN-812 Boeing 737-800 registration N632SW from Phoenix to Sacramento with 118 passengers and 5 crew members it was en route at FL340 when on the fuselage of airplane opened a hole 5 feet x 1 feet causing the airplane to lost pressurization.Oxygen masks deployed automatically , the crew declared an emergency made a rapid descent to 11000 feet and diverted to Yuma for a safe landing half hour later.A flight attendant and one passenger received minor injures

On 24 September 2013 the NTSB released the final report about the accident.You can read full here.

The probale cause it was:

The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the improper installation of the fuselage crown skin panel at the S-4L lap joint during the manufacturing process, which resulted in multiple site damage fatigue cracking and eventual failure of the lower skin panel. Contributing to the injuries was flight attendant A's incorrect assessment of his time of useful consciousness, which led to his failure to follow procedures requiring immediate donning of an oxygen mask when cabin pressure is lost

N632SW

© parisot frédéric

First Flight:03-06-1996

Age:15 years

photo from NTSB