Passenger shares video from inside Southwest plane that flew too low

A passenger on a Southwest Airlines flight that flew as low as 150 feet over the Courtney Campbell Causeway is sharing cell phone video from inside the plane. The plane was supposed to land at Tampa International Airport, but ended up diverting to Fort Lauderdale.

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[Tra-vis]

What video did she even record? That’s a couple thousand feet in the air, not even close to the ground. What a pointless video

[dukeofhoagies]

The drywall in that simulator lets you know it's a genuine Boeing cockpit recreation.

[RodManFB]

Caution!!!
This video title is deceiving!
Imagining the title is far better than wasting your time watching it!

[bunberrier]

This "news" leaves more questions than answers

[iJMultiplication]

That was a terrible video! It didn't show anything!

[seoceancrosser]

A non pilot passenger not knowing what they were looking at, seems legit.

[hsu]

She almost died.... I am sure she had no idea something was wrong until she got home. I highly doubt the pilot said he was out of gas...

[LoriL]

So, ATC waited until they were at 150' before telling the pilots to check their altitude? I find that hard to believe.

[Aaron-efdz]

If they were low on fuel why dis they divert to Ft. Lauderdale (FLL) and not St. Petersburg/Clearwater (PIE) or Sarasota (SRQ)

[ADAMSIXTIES]

Strike 1: Southworst. Strike 2: Boeing Max. Storm: Strike 3 you're out!

[msdeb]

Low on gas so you divert to the other coast? That’s an odd choice.

[topout]

Sensationalism at its finest right there! Nothing burger story again.

[gtf]

This is good reporting! Going the extra mile to actually get in a simulator and give the viewers a feel for what it might have been like for passengers on the plane.

[kenbob]

2:15 Perfect camera angle Fox "News."

[Hanson]

I had the same experience with Delta back in May 2017. I Flew from MSP to TPA. There was bad weather over Tampa, and they didn't have enough fuel, and landed in Sarasota.

[areaone]

That did not look like 150’ in the woman’s video.

[SalimSivaad]

Something must be going on with the altimeter software. How are all these Southwest Airlines flights having the exact same problem of flying dangerously low?

[groovelife]

I see the camera man in the simulator is a man of culture. 🍷

[boscodooley]

She texted abort to her husband? Why? Was he flying the plane? That makes no sense.

2:15 Cameraman was mulling over the possibilities versus the consequences.