re: #55 makeitstop

The spokesman said 143 passengers, 5 crew.

Crisis counselors en route. Many passengers have already been put on other planes.

They’re not talking about the woman, other than to say she was taken to hospital. No further comment.

Catastrophic uncontained N1 fan failure. Rarely happens during cruise phase. Much more common on takeoff/climb-out when the power is up near 100% rated thrust.