Posted on 06/21/2024 2:16:40 AM PDT by libh8er
A Boeing 737 aircraft suddenly plummeted to less than 500 feet of the ground over Oklahoma, terrifying residents who feared the jet was going to crash.
Southwest Airlines Flight 4069 was still nine miles away from Will Rogers World Airport just after midnight on Wednesday, when records show it dived to between 400 and 500 feet as it flew over a high school in the City of Yukon.
Doorbell camera footage showed the Boeing 737 MAX-8 then hovering above houses, before it flies out of frame.
A resident was startled awake by the plane's engine and wondered if the aircraft was set for a collision.
'It woke me up and I thought it was gonna hit my house,' the resident wrote on the Yukon Happenings Facebook page, according to The Oklahoman.
The sudden descent prompted air traffic control to call the pilot and check on the status of the flight.
'Southwest 4069, low altitude alert,' the air traffic controller could be heard saying in an audio archive of the transmission.
'You good out there?' he asked.
The pilot of the commercial flight from Las Vegas confirmed there was no issue with the aircraft, and circled back around - quickly regaining altitude from just about 450 feet to more than 1,000 feet as it crossed over Yukon High School.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
When the avionics of a plane are controlled via computers and the plane has wifi and is connected to the Internet, you have a really bad situation.”
Like the Baltimore freighter crash?
Planes are racist.
When the avionics of a plane are controlled via computers and the plane has wifi and is connected to the Internet, you have a really bad situation.”
Like the Baltimore freighter crash?
Nice map and graph here: https://www.fox5vegas.com/2024/06/21/southwest-flight-las-vegas-drops-500-ft-before-landing-oklahoma-city/
The pilot, Latanisha Jefferson said nothing was wrong, and people are racist for making a big deal out of it.
And Ms. Jefferson’s co-pilot, Watermelondrea Washington, confirmed that.
Of course it is.
Southwest Airlines Flight 4069 was still nine miles away from Will Rogers World Airport just after midnight on Wednesday, when records show...Doorbell camera footage showed the Boeing 737 MAX-8 then hovering above houses, before it flies out of frame.
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Due to the aircraft's close proximity to the ground, the larger and more fuel-efficient engines did not have enough clearance. As a result, the engines were mounted higher on the wings and further forward, changing the aerodynamic characteristics of the aircraft compared to the 737NG.[133] The MCAS software-based flight control law was implemented to account for the undesirable aerodynamic changes.[133]
Guess it worked!
It was a B-737, not a B-787 or B-777, but even fly by wire can’t make stupid pilots good. 100 pilot error.
SWA morons are going to kill people.
“I do not trust any fly by wire system any longer.”
My understanding is that this plane is NOT fly-by-wire. Well, that is until ‘the wire’ decides to take over control of the plane.
If Boeing has that technology, then we don't need long runways anymore.
This is a 2nd incident?
Thanks sipow - now it makes sense. Could cause the largest terrorists attack in our history...I'm assuming 'military aged male illegals' will also play their part.
How many of these Boeing incidents are the result of incompetent pilots that were hired to replace experienced pilots who retired versus taking the Covid jab????
Yes, there was a story a few days ago that claimed a Boeing had fallen from like 15,000 feet to 400 feet before securing control of the airplane.
Donnie Darko could not be reached for comment.
Wow. A 737 that can hover. That’s really cool.
Relax, it went back up.
Chicken Littles.
Think about the poor pilots before yourselves.
hahaha......:)
Over an Oakland neighborhood, but it affected OKC?
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