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Southwest flight came within 400 feet of crashing into the ocean


A federal investigation is underway after a Southwest Airlines flight plunged toward the ocean off a Hawaiian island.

A federal investigation is underway after a Southwest Airlines flight plunged toward the ocean off the coast of a Hawaiian island. Bloomberg reported the memo indicated a “newer” first officer was flying at the time and inadvertently pushed forward on the control column. In December 2022, a United Airlines flight departing a different Hawaiian airport also dove toward the ocean in bad weather, coming 748 feet from disaster, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.

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