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Southwest Boeing 737 evacuated via emergency slides at Houston

AIRLIVE contibutors
Last updated: April 18, 2025, 08:13 UTC
Published: Friday, April 18, 2025, at 13:12 UTC
Category: Emergency USA
Author: AIRLIVE contibutors

Airline: Southwest Airlines
Tail: Aircraft: Boeing 737-7BD
Data: HOU N7724A WN WN3006
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A Southwest Airlines flight to San José del Cabo was forced to return and evacuated at Houston William P. Hobby Airport.

A Southwest Airlines flight WN3006 bound for Mexico was forced to make an emergency landing after an engine suffered malfunction shortly after takeoff from Houston, TX.

A Southwest Airlines flight SWA3006 bound for Mexico was forced to make an emergency landing after an engine suffered malfunction shortly after takeoff from Houston, TX.

All the 134 passengers safely evacuated the plane down slides without any injuries.

The flight was leaving… pic.twitter.com/h42uYzHg8z

— FL360aero (@fl360aero) April 18, 2025

All the 134 passengers safely evacuated the plane down slides without any injuries.

The flight was leaving Hobby Airport on its way to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, when it was forced to return around 11:15 a.m.

Firefighters extinguished the blaze as well as a small grass fire near the runway, the fire department said in a statement.

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