Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Southwest Airlines is in the news yet again; this time for a possible wing flap issue that resulted in an emergency landing at DFW International Airport.
According to Southwest officials Flight 1118, en route from Nashville to Dallas Love Field when the pilot decided to divert to DFW.
A spokesperson with Southwest Airlines told WFAA: “Flight 1118 from Nashville to Dallas Love Field touched down at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport tonight after a cockpit instrument indicated one of the flaps might not fully have extended, which established protocol would require a higher speed at touchdown. In an abundance of caution, the Captain elected to utilize the longest available runway at nearby DFW.”
The airline then bussed all 103 passengers to Love Field and offered them a “gesture of goodwill” for the inconvenience.
Southwest has been under the microscope of late for a series of incidents, beginning with a fatal ordeal aboard a plane last month when an engine blew in mid flight over Pennsylvania.
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