Sydney Airport Message Board - Southwest suffers "mechanical failure" inflight

Well that is one way of describing the end result, at least they didn't say minor:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cq4SW62WYAAy_pX.jpg:large

http://m.wdsu.com/news/southwest-air...issue/41399474

Quote:

NEW ORLEANS -
A Southwest Airlines flight that left Louis Armstrong International Airport Saturday morning was diverted to Pensacola, Florida, when one of its engines began having mechanical issues mid-flight.

The incident was reported before 10 a.m. after the plane left the New Orleans airport for its scheduled flight to Orlando, Florida.

A spokesperson for Southwest said Flight #3472 made the decision to divert to Pensacola because of a mechanical issue with one of its engines. The plane landed safely around 9:40 a.m. at Pensacola International Airport.

Officials said there were no injuries among the 99 passengers and five crew members who were on the plane. The passengers will be transferred to another plane.