A Southwest Airlines flight from Honolulu to Kauai came just 400 feet from slamming into the Pacific Ocean after the pilots encountered treacherous weather conditions.
A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft came within 400 feet of slamming into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of the Hawaiian island of Kauai after weather conditions forced pilots to swiftly change course. A Southwest Airlines memo to pilots, obtained by Bloomberg News, detailed Southwest Flight 2786 from the April 11 flight from Honolulu International Airport to Lihue Airport in Kauai.
The memo said that the captain ordered the first officer to increase thrust – prompting the aircraft to 'climb aggressively' at 8,500 feet per minute. The interisland flight, which should have been approximately 22 minutes long, departed Honolulu at 6:45 p.m., but following the incident, the plane returned to Honolulu at 8:09 p.m. No one was injured during the hair-raising ride.
After landing at SFO, the pilots filed the appropriate safety report,' a United Airlines spokesman told FOX Business in a statement. 'United then closely coordinated with the FAA and ALPA on an investigation that ultimately resulted in the pilots receiving additional training. Safety remains our highest priority.'
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