PHILADELPHIA — Southwest is sending a letter of apology, a $5,000 check and a $1,000 ************** to passengers who were on a flight that made an ********* landing in Philadelphia following an engine *********.

Chairman Gary Kelly says in the letter that the money is to help cover any “immediate financial needs.”

An engine on a Southwest *** exploded Tuesday, and ****** hit the plane. Forty-three-year-old banking executive Jennifer Riordan of Albuquerque, New Mexico, was fatally ******* when she was sucked partway out of the *** through a shattered window.

Passenger Marty Martinez of Dallas says he has no immediate plan to cash the check. He wants to talk to a lawyer. Eric Zilbert of Davis, California, says that after consulting with an attorney, he will cash his.