A midair scare in December just recently came to light in which a United Airlines plane departing Maui took a nosedive. It plummeted more than 1,400 feet in about 20 seconds, coming within 775 feet of the Pacific Ocean.
The FAA is reviewing airline safety after a series of terrifying near misses involving passenger jets.The FAA is reviewing airline safety after a series of terrifying near misses involving passenger jets.
"In the past few months there have been several incidents that could have cost a terrible loss of life," said Col Steve Ganyard, USMC , ABC News Contributor.. It plummeted more than 1,400 feet in about 20 seconds, coming within 775 feet of the Pacific Ocean.The pilots regained altitude and flew on to San Francisco.Another recent close call was at New York's JFK Airport."This could have been the worst aviation disaster in U.S. history," Ganyard said.
"If an airplane takes off and flies a long distance, it gets overwritten and data is lost," Ganyard said. "The FAA is pushing for longer 25-hour recorder so even if a plane is on longer flight, we'll be able to look at what went wrong and create steps from it happening again."
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