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For a group of passengers trying to get to California on Friday, their flight from Dallas to Long Beach included some tense moments and a lengthy four-hour delay. As Southwest Airlines flight 850 was about to take off, the Boeing 737′s engine failed and a tire blew, according to multiple passengers on the flight. That forced the 12:25 p.m. flight …

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