I was on Southwest Flight 420 from LAX to Oakland on December 5th 2007 and experienced possibly the exact same thing as the passengers of flight 438 out of Dallas. The flight left at 2:40 and about 10 minutes into the flight there was a loud explosion and huge flash of red and yellow light on the right side of the airplane. The plane lost altitutde but it never felt as if the piolt had lost control.

It seemed like at least five minutes passed before the piolt announced we had lost the number 2 engine and were returning to LA.

I tried to google the flight number, southwest and anything else I could think of but can't find anything about what happened to the airplane and what caused it.

Can anyone suggest a website or blog that would have more information?

Thanks,