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'We all felt a kind of a jolt': Engine cover rips open as Southwest flight takes off from DIA

www.denver7.com 'We all felt a kind of a bump, jolt': Engine cover rips open as Southwest flight takes off from DIA

An engine cover on a Boeing 737 operated by Southwest Airlines ripped open just after taking off from Denver International Airport Sunday.

'We all felt a kind of a bump, jolt': Engine cover rips open as Southwest flight takes off from DIA

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>DENVER — An engine cover on a Boeing 737 operated by Southwest Airlines ripped open just after taking off from Denver International Airport Sunday morning.

>The Houston-bound Southwest flight took off from DIA around 7:45 a.m., and returned to the airport 30 minutes later, landing safely. No injuries were reported.

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