FAA investigating after plane descended dangerously low on airport approach

this morning the FAA is investigating after a Southwest Airlines plane dropped to roughly 525 ft before making it to the runway this image shows the plane when it climbs back into the sky after coming dangerously close with a residential neighborhood for some reason they blew through an assigned altitude and continued and got very close to the ground the Boeing 737 making its approach into the Oklahoma City Airport just after midnight Wednesday the plane passing just over High School about 9 mi from the airport a low altitude alarm alerted air traffic control which contacted the cockpit 49 low there the air traffic controller in the tower saved the day by telling them check your altitude the plane landing a few minutes later they were descending over the Prairie so there was no lights there were no visual reference it was essentially descending over a black hole so they were looking out at the lights of Oklahoma City looking for the airport and for some reason they missed that assigned altitude this comes just days after we learned of another Southwest plane from Hawaii that came within just 400 ft of crashing into the ocean back in April a memo revealing a newer first officer accidentally pushed forward the control column sou 2786 firm this moderate to extreme precipitation 11:00 one Mes in a statement Southwest says it is in contact with the FAA a to address and understand any irregularities with the aircraft's approach to that airport in Oklahoma Stephanie Ramos ABC News New York