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A Southwest Airlines plane that had flames shooting out of an engine returned to a Houston airport about 30 minutes after takeoff this week. Video credit: Ricardo Garcia / Bon Voyaged / TMX via AP.
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This March 20, 2017 photo provided by Kevin Garber at MidAmerica Nazarene University in Olathe, Kan., shows Tammie Jo Shults, one of the pilots of a Southwest Airlines twin-engine Boeing 737 bound from New York to Dallas that made an emergency landing at the Philadelphia International Airport after the aircraft blew one of its engines Tuesday, April 17, 2018. (Kevin Garber/MidAmerica Nazarene University via AP)
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A Southwest Airlines plane sits on the runway at the Philadelphia International Airport after it made an emergency landing in Philadelphia, on Tuesday, April 17, 2018. (David Maialetti /The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
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Southwest Airlines captain Louis Freeman, fourth from left, poses for photos with current and retired Southwest pilots before boarding a jet to fly his last flight for Southwest before his retirement in Dallas, Thursday, June 8, 2017. Freeman was the first African-American to become a chief pilot at a major U.S. airline and is retiring after a 36-year career that saw big changes in aviation. His most memorable flight carried the body of civil rights icon Rosa Parks. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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Southwest Airlines captain Louis Freeman, right, gets a hug from flight attendant Gisela Alvarez before he boards a jet fly his last flight for Southwest before his retirement in Dallas, Thursday, June 8, 2017. Freeman was the first African-American to become a chief pilot at a major U.S. airline and is retiring after a 36-year career that saw big changes in aviation. His most memorable flight carried the body of civil rights icon Rosa Parks. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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Southwest Airlines captain Louis Freeman talks on a cell phone as he waits to board a jet to pilot his last flight for Southwest before his retirement in Dallas, Thursday, June 8, 2017. Freeman was the first African-American to become a chief pilot at a major U.S. airline and is retiring after a 36-year career that saw big changes in aviation. His most memorable flight carried the body of civil rights icon Rosa Parks. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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Southwest Airlines captain Louis Freeman, right, gets a hug from flight attendant Gisela Alvarez before he boards a jet to pilot his last flight for Southwest before his retirement in Dallas, Thursday, June 8, 2017. Freeman was the first African-American to become a chief pilot at a major U.S. airline and is retiring after a 36-year career that saw big changes in aviation. His most memorable flight carried the body of civil rights icon Rosa Parks. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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Southwest announced on Twitter Tuesday evening that every person who started working for Southwest Airlines prior to Dec. 31, 2017, will soon receive a $1,000 cash bonus on Jan. 8, 2018. (Associated Press)
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Cristopher Goods, 10, right, offers congratulations to Southwest Airlines captain Louis Freeman before Freeman piloted his last flight for the airline before his retirement in Dallas, Thursday, June 8, 2017. Freeman was the first African-Americansto become a chief pilot at a major U.S. airline and is retiring after a 36-year career that saw big changes in aviation. His most memorable flight carried the body of civil rights icon Rosa Parks. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015, file photo, Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly speaks during a preview of the new international concourse at Houston Hobby Airport in Houston. Southwest Airlines says it plans to stop overbooking flights, an industry practice implicated in an ugly incident on a United Express flight that has damaged United's reputation with the flying public. In 2016, Southwest bumped 15,000 passengers off flights, more than any other U.S. airline. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)
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Southwest announced on Twitter Tuesday evening that every person who started working for Southwest Airlines prior to Dec. 31, 2017, will soon receive a $1,000 cash bonus on Jan. 8, 2018. (Associated Press)
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A Southwest airlines jet takes off from a runway at Love Field in Dallas, in this April 23, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
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In this Sept. 8, 2014, file photo, a Southwest Airlines plane sits outside a hangar after an event at Love Field in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File) ** FILE **
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In this Nov. 13, 2014, file photo, Southwest Airlines passengers board an early morning originator flight for departure from a gate at Love Field in Dallas. Southwest Airlines wants to reduce complaints that families can’t find seats together because flights are so crowded. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
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FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2014 file photo, a Southwest Airlines jet takes off from Washington's Ronald Reagan National Airport. A record number of travelers are expected to take to the skies this summer thanks to a rebounding economy, according to a prediction released Monday, May 18, 2015 by Airlines for America, the industry’s trade and lobbying group. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Southwest Airlines is facing backlash after a Karen Momsen-Evers said flight attendants refused to let her make an emergency call to her husband before he committed suicide. (WTMJ)
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Duff Watson says he and his family was asked to de-board a Southwest Airlines flight because of a negative tweet he posted online about one of the airline's agents. (WCCO)
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FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2014 file photo, a passenger checks in luggage at the Southwest Airlines counter at Love Field in Dallas. British billionaire Richard Branson on Tuesday, May 6, 2014 said that Virgin America should get gates at Love Field, near downtown Dallas, to create competition for Southwest Airlines, which controls most of the gates there. The U.S. Justice Department agrees. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
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FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2014 file photo, a Southwest Airlines jet plane lines up for a landing at Love Field in Dallas. British billionaire Richard Branson on Tuesday, May 6, 2014 said that Virgin America should get gates at Love Field, near downtown Dallas, to create competition for Southwest Airlines, which controls most of the gates there. The U.S. Justice Department agrees. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
