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US FAA probes latest Southwest Airlines flight that posed safety issues
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Saturday it is investigating a Southwest Airlines flight after it flew at a very low altitude over Tampa Bay, Florida, the most recent in a series of incidents raising safety questions. The July 14 flight by a Southwest Boeing 737 MAX that had departed from Columbus, Ohio, was approximately 3 miles (5 km)from the Tampa airport when it dropped to as low as about 175 feet (53 meters), according to Flightradar24 data. An air traffic controller alerted… (www.msn.com) More...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
i will be following this event as it is sorted out. THere is no reason for that lapse of altitude control. THere was two pilots entrusted with preventing this thing and they failed.
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I speculate in another post that it was a good way to overwrite the CVR. Fly to Ft. Lauderdale, leave power on as much as possible during refuel, fly back to Tampa (although it's unclear if they original crew made the final leg).
I'm guessing the flight diversion to Ft. Lauderdale was a good way to overwrite the CVR. Whoops we left power on.
"Coconuts off the starboard wing, Cap'n"
Pilots checking out the causeway beaches for GF