The Hard Shoulder's Mark Simpson talks us through his favourite story of the year.
In April, an engine on a Southwest Airlines flight exploded at 39,000 feet, smashing a window, tragically killing one passenger in the process.
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The whole plane descended into panic, people started recording goodbye messages to their loved ones…
But the pilot Tammie Jo Shultz was praised around the world for her calm and clinical demeanor in the face of a major emergency – she landed the plane safely …
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