Safety Regulators Are Investigating Another Low Flight by Southwest Jet, This Time in Florida

A traveler walks through the Southwest Airlines ticketing counter area at the Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles on April 18, 2023. Jae C. Hong/AP Photo

WASHINGTON—Federal officials are investigating an incident in which a Southwest Airlines jet flew as low as 150 feet (45 meters) over water while it was still about 5 miles (8 kilometers) from its intended landing spot at the airport in Tampa, Florida.

The pilots skipped over the Tampa airport and landed instead at Fort Lauderdale, 200 miles (320 kilometers) away.