
Pilot Who Handled Southwest Emergency Landing Hailed As ‘True American Hero’
A Wells Fargo Bank executive was killed from injuries suffered when an engine on a Southwest Airlines jet had a major in-flight failure Tuesday, sending debris through her window on the plane. The passengers of Southwest flight 1380 are calling pilot Tammie Jo Shults, a former Navy fighter pilot, a hero for her composure in making an emergency landing amid engine damage that tore open the plane.