Passenger Sues Southwest Over ‘Horror’ Explosion on Flight

• Woman says she suffers stress, anxiety as witness to incident • U.S. investigators found signs of metal fatigue on broken part

Southwest Airlines Co. was sued by a passenger who witnessed the “horror” when an exploding engine part shattered a cabin window 20 minutes into a flight from New York-LaGuardia airport.

Lilia Chavez says she was sitting three rows behind the shattered window and saw other passengers struggle to pull a woman back into the cabin after she had been partially sucked through the window. She died.

Chavez claims she’s suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and anxiety, among other ...