Southwest plane drops dangerously close to water

The FAA is investigating another harrowing close call after a Southwest Airlines plane dropped within 150 feet of the water off the coast of Florida.

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[carfo]

I can hear the "TERRAIN, TERRAIN, PULL UP" from here

[JayTee]

United Airlines: thank god it’s not us on the news this time.

[cqbarnieify]

What the bleep is going on? My daughter recently quit her job as a flight attendant, and I am beyond relieved.

[tllt]

Just to be clear a super soaker water gun shoots 50 ft. This was 3 water guns away from the ocean. 150 ft is insanely low

[GaryJr]

Me watching like they're gonna show actual footage of it 🤦🏻‍♂️

[keemp]

Everyone’s in a rush, distracted, and don’t care. Let’s bring back patience and non-greed

[gtf]

We can get lane departure warnings in a base Hyundai but no ground warning in a $100M fancy new plane.

[paigeturner]

That air traffic controller does a great job at what he does! Seriously. 😳 He saved everyone’s life that day..

[lgarcia]

Again?! That is absolutely nuts that an Airplane descended almost 20k” and the pilots did not realize it. Were they sleeping? That is nut!

[artenman]

I keep saying it, you don't need to go to theme parks anymore for thrills, just fly southwest. That's why I'm flying Southwest next month!

[joshuaharper]

I don’t know if they have them in the cockpit or not but if they do not, they need to install cameras that way when stuff like this happens, they can see exactly what was going on at the time

[iland]

Dude I have a SW flight next week to Hawaii and man this ain’t helping lol

[sherylchapman]

Who put Homer Simpson in the pilot seat?

[daves]

It didn't "drop"! It was a controlled descent because the pilot lined up to the highway thinking it was the runway!!!

[jeansteele]

Where are employees/pilots training undertaken? The violations are becoming a pattern

[johnsmith-pouo]

For those wondering, the GPWS (ground proximity warning) stays quiet in landing configuration bc it knows the aircraft has to be proximal to the ground to actually land.

[justinliebenberg]

What do you mean again?!?! That's nuts

[VictorPerez-wlcv]

Me (a Tampa native) who now lives in Columbus watching this who flies southwest to visit home
👁️👄👁️

[Cyber-tron]

The reporter was live from Newark, NJ. The incident happened in Florida. I would love to hear the passengers experience as they took the “ sudden dip” from 20k down to 150 feet as this reporter would have you believe.

[dwnsthboy]

Crazy!!!

So in the last month we’ve had the following:

1. ✈️ below altitude
2. ✈️ engine on 🔥 mid flight
3. ✈️ landing gear fall off mid flight
4. ✈️ blew a 🛞 during takeoff
5. ✈️ with duck tape on the door
6. ✈️ with spoil food

What else am I missing???