FAA investigating after Southwest Airlines plane flew so low to the ground it woke up Yukon resid...

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SO, JASON, HOW LOW ARE WE TALKING? YEAH, GUYS, WE'VE LEARNED THAT PLANE WAS ONLY ABOUT 600FT OFF THE GROUND WHEN IT WENT OVER YUKON HIGH SCHOOL. NOW, NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW WHY, BUT AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY. FOX 46 TO 9, LOW ALTITUDE ALERT. YOU GOT OUT THERE IN THIS AUDIO FROM AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AT WILL ROGERS WORLD AIRPORT. ATC STAFF CAN BE HEARD CONTACTING THE PILOT AFTER A BOEING 737 TRIGGERED A LOW ALTITUDE ALARM. GO AROUND AND COME BACK FOR ONE THREE. ARE YOU GOING TO CONTINUE WITH YOUR APPROACH? ABC NEWS REPORTS THE PLANE WAS ONLY 625FT IN THE AIR WHEN IT PASSED OVER YUKON HIGH SCHOOL, AND AT ONE POINT WAS AS LOW AS 525FT. YUKON HIGH IS ABOUT NINE MILES AWAY FROM THE RUNWAY, WAS 46 NINE. TURN RIGHT, HEADING 160 FIELDS. UH, 1:00 NINER MILES. WE FLEW DRONE FIVE TO ABOUT 350FT OFF THE GROUND, BUT POINTED IT UP AT OUR BIG BROADCAST ANTENNAS. THOSE ANTENNAS ARE HIGHER UP THAN THE PLANE WAS FLYING. THEY'RE OVER 600FT IN THE AIR. THE FAA IS NOW INVESTIGATING THE SITUATION. IT'S NOT KNOWN WHY THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT SUCH A LOW ALTITUDE. WE REACHED OUT TO SEA PAIGE AIRPORT IN YUKON, AND THEY CONFIRMED THE PASSENGER PLANE WAS NOT ON APPROACH TO THEIR RUNWAY. THE FAA GAVE US THIS STATEMENT SAYING IN PART, QUOTE, THE FAA IS INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED AROUND 12:05 A.M. LOCAL TIME ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19TH. SOME HOMEOWNERS AND LOCALS IN THE YUKON AREA WERE WOKEN UP BY THE NOISE AND POSTED ON FACEBOOK. THIS WOMAN WROTE, WE RAN OUTSIDE AND IT LOOKED LIKE SOUTHWEST AIRLINES. IT WAS EXTREMELY LOW. WE WATCHED IT FLY OFF TO THE EAST JUST A LITTLE AND THEN IT CIRCLED BACK AROUND AGAIN, ANOTHER WOMAN WROTE. IT WOKE OUR DOGS UP. IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS COMING THROUGH THE HOUSE. HOWEVER, SOME DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF IT. THIS LOCAL SAID, QUOTE, I USED TO LIVE OFF SOUTHWEST 15TH AND SARAH ROAD. IT WAS A FAIRLY COMMON OCCURRENCE, BEING SO CLOSE TO WILL ROGERS. NOW THE GOOD NEWS TONIGHT THE PLANE DID LAND AT WILL ROGERS WORLD AIRPORT WITHOUT ANY INCIDENT. BUT THE
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Channel: KOCO 5 News
Views: 16,338
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Keywords: Oklahoma, Oklahoma City
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Length: 2min 4sec (124 seconds)
Published: Fri Jun 21 2024
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