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To: libh8er

https://kfor.com/news/faa-investigating-after-southwest-jet-buzzes-within-hundreds-of-feet-of-yukon-neighborhood/
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In the air traffic control audio obtained by News 4, it was indicated that the plane’s pilots intended to land on runway 13, a crosswind runway going diagonally across the airfield at Will Rogers World Airport.
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Flight records indicate the plane then circled around, and reapproached the airport from the north, eventually landing on runway 17R, a different runway which runs due north/south.


17 posted on 06/21/2024 4:01:21 AM PDT by Doctor Congo
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To: Doctor Congo

So it was a last minute runway change. Must be Boeing’s fault that the wind changed direction.


18 posted on 06/21/2024 4:04:40 AM PDT by Gary from Dayton (Army Vet 1986-1991)
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To: Doctor Congo

Nice map and graph here: https://www.fox5vegas.com/2024/06/21/southwest-flight-las-vegas-drops-500-ft-before-landing-oklahoma-city/


24 posted on 06/21/2024 4:15:02 AM PDT by Doctor Congo
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