SEATTLE TO DALLAS FLIGHT MAKES U-TURN AFTER TRANSPLANT HEART MISTAKENLY LEFT ON BOARD
January 1st, 2019
A SOUTHWEST Airlines plane bound for Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, USA, was forced to return, mid-flight, to Seattle–Tacoma International Airport, after officials realised its cargo hold was mistakenly carrying a human heart destined for a life-saving medical transplant. The pilot turned around Southwest flight 3606 over Idaho and returned to the Pacific coast, after informing passengers of the mistake. The plane had earlier flown from Sacramento, California, to Seattle, with the heart, which was supposed to be have been delivered to a Seattle ...
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