Posted 4/4/2024, 8:22:00 PM
Southwest Flight Diverted to Baltimore After Flying Dangerously Close to LaGuardia Tower
- FAA is investigating a Southwest Airlines flight that flew dangerously close to the control tower at LaGuardia Airport last month
- Plane flew off course due to bad weather as it approached to land, circling once before flying as low as 300 feet
- Air traffic controller urgently told pilots to climb to 2000 feet as plane was not lined up with runway
- Flight was diverted to Baltimore, where it landed safely before returning to LaGuardia
- Southwest said plane encountered turbulence and low visibility; FAA and NTSB also investigating incident