A Southwest Boeing 737 Max was just 150 feet above the ocean before being told to pull up, reports say

Business Insider via Yahoo ^ | July 23, 2024 | Mikhaila Friel

[grundle]

Tracking data from Flightradar24 cited by CNN showed the plane was just 150 feet above the ocean when it was about five miles out from Tampa International Airport.

A Southwest representative confirmed the flight was then diverted to Fort Lauderdale and said the airline was "following its robust safety management system and is in contact with the Federal Aviation Administration to understand and address any irregularities."

"Nothing is more important to Southwest than the safety of our customers and employees," they said in a statement to Business Insider.

The cause of the incident has not been confirmed. The FAA told BI it had opened an investigation.

Pilots who spoke to Fox 13 said the flight should have been at least 1,000 feet higher, adding that windy conditions could have sent the plane plummeting.

Kent Davis, a retired pilot with more than 30 years of experience, told the outlet that pilot error might have been involved.

"How they got to 150 feet with the number of warnings that are available on an aircraft … it's hard to believe," he said.

[blackdog]

And basic piloting cones in when?

[AndyJackson]

understand and address any irregularities.

Like not knowing what your altitude is? Surely you are either at cruising atltude and have alarms if you deviate by a couple hundred feet, or you are ascending or descending and are watching the altimeter and compass because that is what you do.

[blackdog]

It takes modern technology and government regulation to take the world’s most reliable, safe, Long lived, and easy to fly airframe in the history of commercial aviation, and fly it into the ditch. Really.

[Psalm 73]

Um, don’t know - we just assumed the auto-pilot was running things....

[ansel12]

150 feet? I used to repel out of helicopters at 100 feet, I think I would complain to a stewardess on a commercial flight for skimming the ocean at 150 feet.

[where's_the_Outrage?]

The Asoh Defense, worth the read: 'I f--ked up': How a pilot crashed a full passenger jet into the bay (and didn't lose his job)

[ProtectOurFreedom]

A Ground Proximity Warning System (GPWS) is a system designed to alert pilots if their aircraft is in immediate danger of flying into the ground or an obstacle.

Well, there's the problem. There's no Water Proximity Warning System to alert the pilot of Controlled Flight Into Water.

[SGCOS]

Of course, looking out the window for a visual is so ‘old school’.

[Angelino97]

Um, don’t know - we just assumed the auto-pilot was running things....

[mikey_hates_everything]

[Thorium90]

A lot of things are ‘hard to believe’ these days.

Chances are we will never really know what went wrong.

[blackdog]

Memories of checkrides in a Lear 24, at 2:00AM, hood on my head, single engine operation, unusual attitude, and partial panel consisting of Altimeter set wrong, compass, turn and bank, and VSI.

Your plane......Ram air restart, but your altitude is not correct.

[Delta 21]

Best of the best last century.

Now they have a busted rocketship and 2 souls marooned on the ISS.

[LiveFreeOrDie2001]

D E I ??

[desertsolitaire]

I wonder if Elon has already made the contingency rescue plan and is just awaiting being asked?

[desertsolitaire]

Do the marooned astronauts have to detach and push the damaged vehicle that’s docked now aside to allow Musk’s vessel to dock in its place?

[MtnClimber]

And basic [DEI] piloting cones in when? [NOW]

There, fixed it.

[Political Junkie Too]

How a pilot crashed a full passenger jet into the bay (and didn't lose his job)

I would have believed it if it were Chesley Sullenberger.

-PJ

[This_Dude]

There’s that fag talk we talked about