> Southwest flight dips to as low as 300 feet above Courtney Campbell Causeway
Southwest flight dips to as low as 300 feet above Courtney Campbell Causeway
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A Southwest Airlines flight destined for Tampa International Airport was diverted after the plane descended as low as 300 feet above Old Tampa Bay during bad weather, flight data showed.
The flight departed Ohio around 4 p.m. on July 14 and made several detours because of bad weather. As it made its approach to the Tampa airport, it descended as low as 300 feet while above the Courtney Campbell Causeway, according to FlightAware. The causeway is 45 feet above the water at its highest point, according to construction company Ayres.
The travel site One Mile at a Time reported that the plane descended as low as 150 feet, citing ADS-B data, which is surveillance technology that serves as an interface between the plane and Air Traffic Control.
MORE: https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/southwest-airlines-flight-tampa-bay-low-altitude/67-84991ff1-e260-4024-8c3a-63ed30ca6f99