Breaking: Cockpit Recording Uncovers Cause of Recent Airline Troubles

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has initiated an investigation into a Southwest Airlines jet that flew alarmingly low over an Oklahoma neighborhood on Wednesday, June 19. The aircraft descended to within several hundred feet of the ground, triggering an automated low altitude warning at Will Rogers Airport. An air traffic controller promptly alerted the flight crew, saying, “Southwest 4069, low altitude alert. You good out there?” One of the pilots responded, “Yeah, we’re going around, 4069.” The jet flew over a suburb of Oklahoma City, approximately nine miles from the airport and just 525 feet above the ground, before ascending and making a safe landing.