Engine COWLING DETACHES during takeoff on Southwest flight

A Southwest Airlines Boeing 738, performing flight WN-3695 from Denver, CO to Houston Hobby, TX (USA), was departing Denver's runway 25 when the access doors of the right-hand engine (CFM56) were torn off the engine. On climb out the crew advised ATC that some engine panels had come off during departure and returned to Denver for a safe landing on runway 34L about 30 minutes after departure.
The FAA reported: "Southwest Airlines Flight 3695 returned safely to Denver International Airport around 8:15 a.m. local time on Sunday, April 7, after the crew reported the engine cowling fell off during takeoff and struck the wing flap. The Boeing 737-800 was towed to the gate. The aircraft was headed to William P. Hobby Airport in Houston. The FAA will investigate.
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[@the_flight_records]

00:05 The date would be 07-APR-2024 at the top instead of March, sorry.

[@GardenRetriever]

Beautifully done by both pilots and ATC. ❤❤❤❤

[@brandonj7440]

Great calm professionalism from pilots and atc

[@sonora108]

I'm thinking the last person to work on #2 engine is probably doing a rug dance by now.

[@AlWorth9738]

What? They said that the crew and passengers heard something hit the plane. It wasn't the fault of a slacker mechanic.

[@lindaj5492]

Another really impressive display of skill and collaborative problem solving. Pilot sounded pretty tense: flying another Boeing with bits falling off, I imagine he’d be wondering if the entire engine was about to go. Boeing shares must be crashing.

[@rfi-cryptolab4251]

Another impressive display that Boeing is junk.

[@williamedwards1528]

More likely a maintenance issue, or some mechanic not securing the cowling fasteners.

[@wizerdjuice9589]

Excellent ATC and crew.

[@RckyMtneer]

Boing: "Gonna need another roll of duct tape!"

[@RckyMtneer]

"Boing, boing, Boeing!"

[@hispanicchick2232]

😂😂😂😂

[@roadsterman]

Any person opening a cowling is responsible for reconnecting it. PERIOD

[@johnhammond9962]

That's one big bird to tear up that cowling like that. It must have been a Canada Honker.

[@gtgibb]

Interesting that all the bits held on until the landing. Didn't matter if they cleared the runway the de-FODing prolly took a minute.

[@TonyNaggs]

I think the outboard cowling probably fell on take off, the thing flapping was probably blue "vinyl" plastic that forms the livery.

[@davidsebba68]

World class air traffic controller

[@dtsh4451]

Pilot: “Pang, pang pang”;
ATC:”are you declaring emergency?”
Pilot:”that is the noise from the hanging engine cowling, never mind, we declare an emergency”🤣😂

[@CozzaNess]

This isn’t a Boeing issue really but a maintenance/inspection failure

[@gumbyshrimp2606]

If it’s Boeing it’s not going to