Southwest B737 near Seattle on Dec 9th 2018, heartfelt return
Last Update: December 14, 2018 / 22:33:48 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 9, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
Southwest Airlines
Flight number
WN-3606
Departure
Seattle, United States
Destination
Dallas Love, United States
Aircraft Registration
N7726A
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700
ICAO Type Designator
B737
Due to an unrelated technical issue on the ground the aircraft was unable to depart again.
The airline reported they made the decision to return to Seattle as it was absolutely necessary to deliver the shipment to its destination.
A replacement Boeing 737-700 registration N264LV reached Dallas with a delay of about 8 hours.
The occurrence aircraft returned to service about 14 hours after landing back.
On Dec 14th 2018 it became known that the heart was intended for a tissue bank and had to be processed within 48 hours after the patient's death, no patient was waiting to receive the organ. The heart was planned to arrive at the tissue bank with 15 hours left to process the heart, due to the delay the heart arrived with 12 hours left and could successfully be processed. The bank said, the four valves of the heart were to be used in future surgical procedures.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 9, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
Southwest Airlines
Flight number
WN-3606
Departure
Seattle, United States
Destination
Dallas Love, United States
Aircraft Registration
N7726A
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700
ICAO Type Designator
B737
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