FAA investigating after Southwest 737 flies 500 feet above Oklahoma City

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Friday it is investigating an “incident” in which a Southwest Airlines flight “descended to a low altitude” near Oklahoma City on Wednesday.

“After an automatic warning sounded, an air traffic controller alerted the crew of Southwest Airlines 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 a statement. statement emailed to The Hill about the incident.

According to oklahoma, the flight appeared to descend as much as 500 feet as it passed over Yukon, Oklahoma, according to transponder data. The plane involved in the incident was a Boeing 737-800, according to flight tracking FlightAware website.

“Southwest is following its robust Safety Management System and is in contact with the Federal Aviation Administration to understand and resolve any irregularities in the aircraft’s approach to the airport,” a Southwest spokesperson said in a statement to The Hill. “Nothing is more important to Southwest than the safety of our customers and employees.”

Wednesday’s Southwest flight crash follows another Southwest flight a few months ago that plunged into the ocean off the coast of Hawaii. The FAA is also investigating that incident, it said in a previous statement to The Hill.

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