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And this evening, moments ago, our correspondent asking, how concerned are you about the 737 fleet . There are so many of them in the air. Abcs david kerley leading us off. Reporter investigators tonight scouring that mangled engine, looking for every piece that landed on the ground, 60 miles from the philadelphia airport, hoping to learn if there is a problem with the 737 fleet. This was the second Engine Failure like this in two years. A source telling abc news they are similar engines, seems ...

See if youre eligible pay no more than $10 a month. next tonight here, to chilling new details after that deadly midair accident onboard a southwest passenger plane. a woman partially sucked out of the plane. passengers pulling her back in, but she did not survive. tonight, the pilots words now, as they tried to keep the plane in the air. heres abcs david kerley. >> reporter: tonight, the words of a pilot struggling to fly her crippled jet. >> were single engine descending, have a fire in numb...

>> it was shaking everything, and it all happened all at once. >> we know that something extraordinary had happened pretty quickly. >> thats tammie jo shults and darren ellisor that you saw. they said teamwork and thinking quickly helped them land the plane after it suffered engine failure. >> joining us live, national correspondent paolo sandoval. paolo, i think a lot of people have been waiting to hear from the pilots. why did they decide to speak now? >> reporter: it shows the professionalism...

Happened? my immediate reaction was a seizure of the engine. >> we knew something extraordinary had happened pretty quickly. >> southwest 1380 has an engine fire. descending. >> yes, single engine descending. have a fire. >> she was just so calm. she really had nerves of steel. >> where would you like to go, which airport? >> give us a vector for your closest. philadelphia. >> 43-year-old jennifer riordan was killed during the flight. the pilots waited to talk about the ordeal to give her family...

What happened. one woman of course was killed when she was partially sucked out of one of the windows while the plane was in the air. tammie jo shults and darren, the pilots, say teamwork and training helped get them through that night. >> we had very severe vibration from the number one engine. it was shaking everything. and it all kind of happened all at once. >> what did you think had happened? >> my immediate reaction was a seizure of the engine. >> we knew that something extraordinary had h...

>> are you descending right now? >> single engine descending. >> reporter: when engines failed on a southwest airlines flight last month, the pilot didnt panic. instead j she relied on her extensive navy experience. >> my first thoughts were actually oh, here we go. just because it seems like a flashback to some of the flnavy flying wed done. >> reporter: she discussed the incident for the first time since the april 17th emergency that left one passenger dead. she said on abcs 20/20, she wasnt e...

The exploding engine broke a window, a passenger was sucked partly through that window and died from her injuries. but the plane made a safe landing thanks to the calm actions of the pilots. polo sandoval has the story for us. >> gate, are you getting this right now? >> yes, a single engine descending, a fire -- >> reporter: when the engine failed on the southwest airlines flight last month, pilot tammy joe shultz didnt panic. she relied on her extensive navy experience. >> my first thoughts wer...

And this evening, moments ago, our correspondent asking, how concerned are you about the 737 fleet? there are so many of them in the air. abcs david kerley leading us off. >> reporter: investigators tonight scouring that mangled engine, looking for every piece that landed on the ground, 60 miles from the philadelphia airport, hoping to learn if there is a problem with the 737 fleet. this was the second engine failure like this in two years. a source telling abc news they are similar engines, see...

Pilots, tammie jo shults, brought the plane down safely. she was a navy fighter pilot before. and so many were moved by these images. the pilot immediately going back into the cabin when they landed, hugging the passengers. martha raddatz tonight on the pilot, and how passengers are now describing her. >> reporter: as one of the first women to fly navy fighter jets, tammie jo shults had exactly the kind of training for just this kind of emergency. unflappable and deliberate, guiding her crippled...