A Southwest Airlines flight attendant suffered a back injury in July after the plane’s hard landing, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. A Southwest jet is pictured at John Wayne Airport in 2017.
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A Southwest Airlines flight attendant suffered a back injury in July after the plane’s hard landing, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. A Southwest jet is pictured at John Wayne Airport in 2017.
Mandatory Credit: Jeff Gritchen/Digital First Media/Orange County Register/Getty Images

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Southwest flight attendant injures back after hard landing, NTSB says

A Southwest Airlines flight attendant suffered a compression fracture in her back in July after the plane "landed with such force she thought the plane had crashed," according to a report from the National Transportation Safety Board.