A midair scare in December just recently came to light in which a United Airlines plane departing Maui took a nosedive. It plummeted more than 1,400 feet in about 20 seconds, coming within 775 feet of the Pacific Ocean.
The FAA is reviewing airline safety after a series of terrifying near misses involving passenger jets. John Del Giorno reports.The head of the Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday the agency has taken steps to avoid a repeat of the technology failure last month that briefly halted all flights nationwide, but he said he couldn't promise there won't be another breakdown.
The committee's hearing was billed as an examination of the failure of an FAA system that provides safety alerts to pilots, but lawmakers were most animated when they quizzed Nolen on the recent flight scares. . It plummeted more than 1,400 feet in about 20 seconds, coming within 775 feet of the Pacific Ocean.
There is likely no cockpit recording from either of the American or United close calls. That's because both planes continued with their flight plans and the cockpit data recordings only last for two hours.
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