The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Friday it was investigating an “incident” in which a Southwest Airlines plane “descended to a low altitude” near Oklahoma City on Wednesday.
“After an automated alarm sounded, air traffic controllers alerted the crew of Southwest Flight 4069 that the aircraft had descended to a low altitude nine miles from Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City,” the FAA said in an emailed statement to The Hill about the incident.
according to The OklahomanTransponder data showed the plane descended to an altitude of 500 feet while flying over Yukon, Oklahoma. The plane involved in the accident was a Boeing 737-800. According to flight tracking Website FlightAware.
“Southwest follows a robust safety management system and is in contact with the Federal Aviation Administration to identify and address any irregularities regarding aircraft approach to airports,” a Southwest spokesperson said in a statement to The Hill. “Nothing is more important to Southwest than the safety of our customers and employees.”
The crash of a Southwest Airlines plane on Wednesday follows another flight from the airline that crashed into the ocean off the coast of Hawaii a few months ago. The FAA said in an earlier statement to The Hill that it was also investigating that incident.
