IV 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 837 

Honoring Captain Tammie Jo Shults and the crew of Southwest Flight 

1380 for their bravery, knowledge, and dedication to the safety of passengers on board. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 23, 2018 

Ms. MCSALLY (for herself, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. POLIQUIN, 

Mr. JONES, Mr. KNIGHT, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. HURD, Ms. 

ADAMS, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. LIPINSKI, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Ms. 

MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico, Mr. TURNER, Mr. COHEN, 

Mr. PEARCE, Mr. BACON, Mr. COOK, Mr. WALKER, Mr. OLSON, and Ms. 

CLARKE of New York) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

RESOLUTION 

Honoring Captain Tammie Jo Shults and the crew of Southwest Flight 1380 for their bravery, knowledge, and dedication to the safety of passengers on board. 

Whereas, on April 17, 2018, Captain Tammie Jo Bonnell 

Shults piloted Southwest Flight 1380, destined for Dallas, Texas, from New York’s LaGuardia Airport; 

Whereas 149 people were on board Flight 1380, 144 passengers and five crew members; 

Whereas Flight 1380 suffered an in-flight failure of its left 

engine approximately twenty minutes after takeoff, sending shrapnel into the fuselage; 


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Whereas seven passengers were injured and the life of Jennifer Riordan, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, was tragically lost during the accident; 

Whereas Riordan is survived by two children and her husband, Michael Riordan; 

Whereas, on April 17, 2018, Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller 

said in a statement that Riordan’s death is a ‘‘tremendous and tragic loss’’ and ‘‘her leadership and philanthropic efforts made [Albuquerque] a better place every 

day and she will be terribly missed’’; 

Whereas, the co-pilot of Flight 1380, Darren Ellisor, was an 

Air Force pilot for more than 10 years before joining 

Southwest Airlines; 

Whereas Captain Shults’s experience and quick thinking allowed her to successfully complete an emergency landing 

at the Philadelphia International Airport, saving the lives 

of every passenger except for Riordan and avoiding any 

casualties on the ground; 

Whereas, after making a safe emergency landing, Captain 

Shults entered the cabin to speak to each of the passengers personally; 

Whereas Captain Shults was one of the first female fighter 

pilots in the Navy’s history and one of the first women 

to fly F/A–18 Hornets; 

Whereas, although she was never allowed to fly in combat, 

she became an aggressor pilot and an instructor; 

Whereas a friend of Captain Shults said that her military 

training prepared her for this moment, ‘‘those are the 

kinds of people you want as pilots,’’ and ‘‘that’s what she 

does, and she’s good at it’’; and 


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Whereas, thanks to the calmness, courage, heroism, and experience demonstrated by Captain Shults and the crew of 

Southwest Flight 1380, 148 lives were saved and countless others were spared: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) commends Captain Tammie Jo Shults and 

3 the crew of Flight 1380 for their courage and her4 oism; 

5 (2) praises Captain Tammie Jo Shults not only 

6 for her commitment to the safety of the passengers 

7 on her plane, but for her determination to further 

8 women’s role in military and commercial aviation; 

9 and 

10 (3) mourns the loss of Jennifer Riordan and ex11 presses its condolences to her family. 

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