Captain Shults talked about her experience landing a flight after a catastrophic engine failure and as a result saving 148 lives. Captain Shults' book, Nerves of Steel: How I Followed My Dreams, Earned My Wings, and Faced My Greatest Challenge is available now.

The captain of a Southwest flight that suffered major engine failure explains how she saved hundreds of lives.

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