A Southwest Airlines passenger flight came within 400 feet of the ocean off the coast of Hawaii in April after weather conditions forced pilots to bypass a landing attempt.
The Boeing 737 Max 8 plane briefly fell at an abnormally high speed of more than 4,000 feet per minute before the flight crew stopped to avoid disaster, according to a memo Southwest distributed to pilots last week. No one was injured during the flight, which returned safely to the departure airport in Honolulu.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said it is investigating the incident.
