FAA investigates after Southwest plane drops to ‘within 400ft’ of Pacific Ocean
by Adam Gabbatt from US news | The Guardian on (#6NJEF)
News comes as US regulators investigate separate incident after Boeing 737 Max 8 plane did a Dutch roll' in May
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after a Southwest Airlines flight reportedly plunged to within 400ft" of the Pacific Ocean during a flight.
A memo distributed to Southwest pilots, obtained by Bloomberg, said that the Boeing 737 Max 8 plunged at a rate of 4,000ft a minute off the coast of Hawaii, coming within hundreds of feet of the ocean before climbing to safety.
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