Southwest Airlines flight plunged to within 400 feet of ocean off Hawaii: ‘Like a roller coaster ride’

A Southwest Airli♊nes flight came within🐲 just 400 feet of smashing into the ocean off the coast of Hawaii after aborting a landing due to weather conditions, according to a report.

On a flight in April, the Boeing 737 Max 8 suddenly plummeted several hundred feet in a matter of seconds before the flight crew was able to🤪 pull up at the last second to avoid a deadly crash, according to a memo Southwest sent to its pilots last week and .

No one was ♌injured on the passenger flight, the airline said.

Southwest Flight 2786 was flying at an altitude of abouಞt 1,000 feet after bailing on a landing attempt due to poor weather conditions when it dropped to within 400 feet of🔯 the sea, according to data from ADS-B Exchange, a flight tracking website.

It fell at an alarming rꦚate of m🧔ore than 4,000 feet per second, according to Bloomberg.

The p🌼anicked pilot began to rapidly climb as fast as possiౠble.

The pilot was “pitching up and pitching down with the power and clos🍰e to out of control — very close,” Kit Darby, a former commercia🀅l airline pilot and flight instructor, told the outlet.. “It would feel like a roller coaster ride.”

The plane had departed from Honolulu for a short flight to Lihue Airport. Give💛n the flight time, the captain put the 🔯“newer” first officer in command, according to the memo.

The pilot decided to abort the landing as the plane approached the airport becau꧒se weather conditions blocked the view of the runway.

The first officerᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ “inadvertently” pushed forward on the controls while monitoring the thrust level which moves based on the plane’s automatic throttle, the memo said.

To compensate, the p▨ilot cut the speed which caused the airplane to rapidly descend and sounded alarms. 

The captain ordered the first officer to increase thrust, causing the plane to “aggressively” climb at 8,500 feet per🦂 minute, the memo said.

The plane returned 🧜to Honolulu𒐪 where it landed safely.

Darby told Bloomberg that flights descend gradually a😼t roughly 1,500 to 2,000 feet per minute as they approach their destination, reaching 🐈800 feet once within five miles of the airport.

“Nothing is more important to Southwest than Safety,” SouthWest told The Post in a statement when askeᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚd about🐭 the incident. 

“Through our robust Safety Manage👍ment System, the event was addressed appropriately as we always strive for continuous improvement,” the spokesperson added.

SouthWest concluded that better communication between crew members is vital, according to the memo. It pledged to review industry and internal data to determine if p෴rotocols and training need to be ♓updated.

The FAA is investigating th𝓰e incident, according🤡 to Bloomberg.

The scary mishap came just a month before a 73-year-old British man was killed when a Singapore Airlines ▨Boeing flight hit severe turbulence Tuesday — plunging 6,000 feet and sending unrestrained travelers crashing into 🦩ove🌳rhead bins.

Another 30 pas🎐sengers were injured on the May 21 Boeing 777 flight, which was traveling from London to Singapore. 

The quick change in gravitational force “likel꧅y resulted in the occupants who were not belted up to become airborne,” while the second shift likely caused them to comeꦺ crashing back down,” The Transport Safety Investigation Bureau of Singapore reported.