Federal officials are investigating a Southwest Airlines jet that triggered a low-altitude alert as it prepared to land in Oklahoma City but was still nine…
The passenger plane descended to about 500 feet above the suburbs of Oklahoma City when it was still nine miles away from the airport.that triggered a low-altitude alert as it prepared to land in Oklahoma City but was still nine miles from the airport.said Thursday that an air traffic controller notified the Southwest pilots after an automated warning sounded around 12:05 a.m. Wednesday morning.
“Southwest 4069, low altitude alert. You doing OK?” an air traffic controller asked the Southwest pilots. “Yeah, we’re going around, 4069,” one of the pilots responded, as captured by LiveATC.net. The air traffic controller told him to maintain 3000 feet.“Southwest is following its robust safety management system and is in contact with the Federal Aviation Administration to understand and address any irregularities with the aircraft’s approach to the airport," a spokesperson said in a statement."Nothing is more important to Southwest than the safety of our customers and employees.
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