DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – About two dozen Southwest Airlines flights were cancelled out of Dallas Love Field Airport Monday morning, as the company continues to inspect its engines following a deadly engine failure last week.
The change in schedules followed the 40 flights that were cancelled on Sunday.
Briggs Moon was flying Southwest this morning and said he’s glad Southwest is taking the the inspection seriously.
“Honestly, I would rather miss a flight than have something go wrong. So, it’s probably in everybody’s benefit. It’s probably a giant inconvenience but it’s better than the alternative,” he said.
Many passengers were alerted about the cancellations before they arrived at the terminal.
Moon said he likes the way Southwest is handling the situation and that the recent disaster won’t affect his flying habits.
“If it really bothered me a whole lot I probably wouldn’t be getting on a plane today. Statistically, you’re probably just as safe as at home,” he said.
Southwest said they’ve been able to avoid mass cancellations up until this point because crews have been inspecting engines overnight and the company has spare aircraft on hand.
The company said the impacted flights are not a result of Friday’s Federal Aviation Administration directive to inspect hundreds of engines worldwide but a product of their own initiative to make sure all of its planes are safe.
46-year-old Jennifer Riordan of Albuquerque, New Mexico was killed last Tuesday when she was partially sucked out of the airplane after the twin engine 737 blew an engine at 32,000 feet sending shrapnel through the window.
Almost 1,000 people attended her funeral held at the University of New Mexico campus on Sunday.
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