A woman has died after being partially sucked out of a plane window when one of its engines blew up in mid-air.
Mother-of-two Jennifer Riordan was a vice president of community relations for Wells Fargo bank and had been on a business trip.
She was hit by shrapnel after the Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 blew an engine at 32,000ft during its journey from New York to Dallas. Parts of the engine smashed the window next to Mrs Riordan and she was sucked out of the plane, as fellow passengers fought to drag her back inside.
Passenger Alfred Tumlinson said a man in a cowboy hat had rushed forward a few rows "to grab that lady to pull her back in".
He added that the passenger "couldn't do it by himself, so another gentleman came over and helped to get her back in the plane, and they got her".
Another passenger had said that, from her waist up, Mrs Riordan was out of the plane.
The passengers were praised for their efforts to save Mrs Riordan, giving her CPR after they managed to pull her back in and plug the hole in the window.
Philadelphia Fire Commissioner Adam Thiel said the passengers had done "some pretty amazing things under some pretty difficult circumstances".
Mrs Riordan had been seriously injured, however, and died later. Seven other people suffered minor injuries.
She is the first passenger to die in an accident involving a US airline since 2009. The plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport on Tuesday as passengers put on oxygen masks and braced for impact.
They praised one of the pilots Tammie Jo Shults who had shown "nerves of steel" during the ordeal.
Mr Tumlinson said she had walked down the aisle after the landing, making sure passengers were alright.
He added: "She has nerves of steel. That lady, I applaud her.
"I'm going to send her a Christmas card, I'm going to tell you that, with a gift certificate for getting me on the ground.