On 5 March, a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 (registered N8792Q) operated flight WN3932 between Havana, Cuba and Fort Lauderdale, United States. Just after take-off, one of the engines and the aircraft’s nose got damaged due to a bird strike.
While smoke started to fill the cabin, pilots swiftly turned around to Havana for an emergency landing.
After landing, the 147 passengers and 6 crew members evacuated the aircraft using the emergency slides.
“Southwest flight #3923 departing Havana, Cuba, for Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Sunday morning reportedly experienced bird strikes to an engine and the aircraft’s nose shortly after takeoff,” the spokesperson told the NBC 6 News television news channel.
It was reported that nobody got injured during the incident. Southwest Airlines will deploy another aircraft to bring the stranded passengers to Fort Lauderdale.
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