Southwest plane drop dangerously low to Oklahoma City neighborhood

Scare on a Southwest plane as it was landing in Oklahoma city. The jet dropped to just over 500 ft from the ground while it was still miles away from the airport. A B C's Morgan Norwood has more. Now from New York, the FAA is investigating another concerning incident on a Southwest Airlines flight after a plane appeared to come dangerously close to the ground just 525 ft. This ring camera video showing the plane flying dangerously low over a neighborhood in Yukon, Oklahoma at one point just 625 ft above the local high school. For some reason, they blew through an assigned altitude and continued and got very close to the ground. You can see the plane climbing back to the sky after appearing to fly over homes near Oklahoma City. That neighborhood nine miles from the airport. The plane should have been several 1000 ft in the air. The Boeing 737 making its approach into the Oklahoma City airport just after midnight. Wednesday. The drop triggering a low altitude alarm to air traffic control which contacted the cockpit 4069 low altitude air traffic controller in the tower saved the day by telling them check your altitude. The plane landing just minutes later. But local residents flooded social media saying they thought the plane was going to hit their homes. They were descending over the prairie. So there was no lights, there were no visual reference. It was essentially descending over a black hole. So they were looking out at the lights of Oklahoma City looking for the airport and for some reason they missed that assigned altitude. This incident comes just days after we learned of another Southwest plane from Hawaii that came within just 400 ft of the ocean. Back in April, a memo revealing a newer first officer accidentally pushed forward the control column for 2786 affirmative moderate to extreme precipitation. 11 o'clock, the one year miles and Southwest says it is in contact with the FAA to understand and address any irregularities with the aircraft's approach to the airport in Oklahoma. I'm Morgan Norwood ABC news, New York.

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Published: Fri Jun 21 2024