Tammie Jo Shults, the pilot who safely landed Southwest flight 1380 after the plane’s left engine exploded, is giving “God all the credit” after the frightening incident, according to her Christian friends.
“We have a Lord that transcends our daily trials. I give God the credit,” Shults told her friend, Cindy Foster, her college roommate at MidAmerica Nazarene University, CBN reports.
“Like many of our alumni, Tammie Jo Shults exemplifies all that MNU is about,” Kevin Garber, MNU director of alumni, said in a statement. “I think her strong Christian faith combined with her tenacity and persistence kept her calm in the face of a terrifying situation.”
The 56-year-old retired Navy pilot, who was the first woman to fly the “Top Gun” F-18 Hornet, was hailed a hero after she was forced to make an emergency landing at the Philadelphia International Airport on a flight from New York to Dallas when one of the two engines blew and the plane began to rapidly descend with 144 passengers and five crew members onboard.
“Everybody is talking about Tammie Jo and how cool and calm she was in a crisis, and that’s just Tammie Jo,” Rachel Russo, who attends church with Shults, said. “That’s how she’s wired.”
There was one fatality, however, because as the plane’s left engine exploded shrapnel from the explosion blew out a window and Jennifer Riordan, 43, was…
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