{"id":106063,"date":"2024-06-21T12:03:58","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T12:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/faa-investigating-after-southwest-airlines-plane-descended-dangerously-low-on-airport-approach\/"},"modified":"2024-06-21T12:03:58","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T12:03:58","slug":"faa-investigating-after-southwest-airlines-plane-descended-dangerously-low-on-airport-approach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/faa-investigating-after-southwest-airlines-plane-descended-dangerously-low-on-airport-approach\/","title":{"rendered":"FAA investigating after Southwest Airlines plane descended dangerously low on airport approach"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-06-21\/southwest-gty-jt-240620_1718930338268_hpMain.jpg\" alt><figcaption>In this Feb. 8, 2024, file photo, a Southwest Airlines plane lands at San Francisco International Airport, in San Francisco, Calif. &#8212; Anadolu via Getty Images, FILE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>(OKLAHOMA CITY) &#8212; The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after a Southwest Airlines plane descended to a dangerously low altitude as it made its approach to the Oklahoma City Airport just after midnight Thursday, according to the FAA.<\/p>\n<p>An automated warning went off from the Minimum Safe Altitude Warning system at 12:05 a.m., prompting an air traffic controller to tell Southwest Airlines Flight 4069 that they had descended to a low altitude, nine miles from the runway at Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City, an FAA spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>The plane passed over Yukon High School, dangerously low at roughly 625 feet, and at one point had descended to roughly 525 feet, according to FlightRadar24.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement Thursday night, Southwest said it is in contact with the FAA &#8220;to understand and address any irregularities with the aircraft\u2019s approach to the airport.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Nothing is more important to Southwest than the Safety of our Customers and Employees,&#8221; the company&#8217;s statement read.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this Feb. 8, 2024, file photo, a Southwest Airlines plane lands at San Francisco International Airport, in San Francisco, Calif. &#8212; Anadolu via Getty Images, FILE (OKLAHOMA CITY) &#8212; The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after a Southwest Airlines plane descended to a dangerously low altitude as it made<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/faa-investigating-after-southwest-airlines-plane-descended-dangerously-low-on-airport-approach\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,31,2],"tags":[273,271,276,274,270,123,275,133,124,272,102,103],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106063"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106063\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}