For the second time this yr, a Southwest Airways (NYSE:LUV) flight got here dangerously near the bottom, triggering a low altitude alert and prompting one other investigation by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.
On strategy to Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma Metropolis from Las Vegas late Wednesday evening, Southwest (LUV) flight 4069 aboard a Boeing (BA) 737-800 descended to simply 525 toes above a Yukon, Oklahoma neighborhood earlier than quickly ascending and touchdown safely on the airport.
The incident fueled posts throughout social media a few aircraft flying alarmingly near houses. “I assumed it was gonna (sic) hit my home,” one resident posted.
The Oklahoma Metropolis incident mirrors the same incidence in Hawaii, wherein a Southwest (LUV) flight aboard a Boeing (BA) 737 MAX 8 briefly dropped to inside 400 toes of the floor of the ocean on strategy to the Kauai airport. The occasion was attributed to a much less skilled pilot inadvertently inflicting the aircraft to quickly descend upon strategy earlier than correcting the aircraft’s altitude. Just like the incident in Oklahoma, the aircraft’s warning system alerted the pilot to the hazard.
Southwest Airways (LUV) and Boeing (BA) shares are each fractionally decrease at Friday’s open.