FAA is investigating Southwest Airlines flight that dropped within a few hundred feet over the ocean in Hawaii

From Bloomberg News:

Southwest Airlines flight WN 2786 from Honolulu to Lihue on April 11 came within 400 feet of diving into the Pacific Ocean near Lihue after an aborted landing due to bad weather:

Go deeper:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-14/southwest-plane-plunges-within-400-feet-of-ocean-near-hawaii?srnd=homepage-americas

and from Fox News:

https://www.foxnews.com/us/southwest-airlines-flight-hawaiian-island-plunges-comes-within-400-feet-pacific-ocean-report

Here’s the complete internal Southwest narrative on the recent LIH incident. Fascinating human factors case study and also underscoring how important the ASAP pilot reporting program is for preventing future accidents. pic.twitter.com/uZ0amC78QR

— Jon Ostrower (@jonostrower) June 14, 2024

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