The Federal Aviation Administration, or FAA, said Saturday it is investigating a Southwest Airlines (LUV) flight after it flew at a very low altitude over Tampa Bay, Florida, the most recent in a series of incidents raising safety questions, Reuters’ David Shepardson reports. The July 14 flight by a Southwest Boeing (BA) 737 MAX that had departed from Columbus, Ohio, was approximately 3 miles from the Tampa airport when it dropped to as low as about 175 feet, according to Flightradar24 data. An air traffic controller alerted the crew of Southwest Flight 425 to their low altitude and the plane was diverted to Fort Lauderdale.
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