'Loud thumping noise' heard before Southwest plane's emergency landing in Fresno

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A Southwest Airlines formation headed from Santa Ana to Sacramento connected Wednesday was diverted to Fresno aft what the institution described arsenic "a attraction indication" - but 1 of the passengers connected committee said it was "a spot much than that."

Southwest Airlines Flight 3113 made an exigency landing Wednesday morning astatine Fresno Yosemite International Airport. A rider connected that formation told YourCentralValley.com everything was good erstwhile the formation began, but soon began to perceive "a precise large thumping noise."

"Mid-flight, I was sitting connected the right-hand broadside of the level straight implicit the close engine, conscionable successful beforehand of it, truthful I could spot the afloat engine. As we were flying we started proceeding a precise large thumping noise."

The rider past described looking guardant astatine the formation attendant and described fearfulness washing implicit her face.

“She instantly stopped what she was doing and got connected the phone.”

According to the passenger, the skipper said determination was "an motor failure" and that they were going to onshore successful Fresno.

"After the skipper made that statement, the formation attendant came backmost to wherever I was sitting and she asked the radical down maine to unfastened up their model shadiness and said 'the skipper asked maine to travel spot if we tin spot thing connected the engine'."

According to the passenger, erstwhile the level landed determination was a spot of applause. FlightAware.com describes the level utilized that time arsenic a Boeing 737-700 (twin jet).

A representation taken by the rider aft the level landed successful Fresno.

In a connection released by Southwest Airlines connected the time of the exigency landing, officials said their pilots "received a attraction denotation portion en way to Sacramento." No injuries were reported and Southwest Airlines organized different craft to instrumentality the passengers to their destination.

YourCentralValley.com has requested a further connection from Southwest Airlines successful effect to the passenger's statement of what happened.

The incidental took spot less than 2 weeks aft different Southwest Airlines flight was forced to marque different exigency landing astatine Fresno Yosemite International Airport.