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Woman dies after nearly sucked out of plane window as engine blows up

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…