The FAA is investigating Southwest Airlines after several in-flight incidents in recent months. Southwest planes have descended to dangerously low altitudes, and one suffered a so-called "Dutch roll." ...

The 8 craziest in-flight incidents of 2021, from viral fights to ejections By . David Meyer. Updated Dec. 28, 2021, 10:05 a.m. ET. ... Southwest flight attendant gets teeth knocked out.

The airline has not determined new dates for selling alcohol, Mainz said. The president of the Southwest flight attendants’ union, Lyn Montgomery, said this week that there were 477 incidents of ...

Southwest has experienced a string of recent incidents, the most alarming of which saw a flight come within 400 feet of plunging into the ocean off Hawaii in April. No injuries were reported.

Southwest spokesman Chris Mainz confirmed that a passenger physically assaulted a flight attendant when Southwest Flight 700 from Sacramento to San Diego, California, landed Sunday morning.

Other Southwest incidents to prompt FAA investigations: Another low-altitude flight that dropped to about 500 feet around 9 miles from its destination airport in Oklahoma.

The Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday it was placing Southwest Airlines under a heightened safety review after a string of recent near-miss safety incidents involving the low-cost carrier.

Air rage incidents are putting flight attendants at risk. ... Last Sunday, on Southwest Airlines flight 700 from Sacramento to San Diego, a female passenger assaulted a flight attendant, ...

These incidents are a fraction of the harassment flight staff have had to face in the past year, ... a Southwest Airlines flight attendant was assaulted by a passenger and lost two teeth, ...

On Dec. 20, as Southwest Flight 554 climbed out of New Orleans, headed for Tampa, Fla., the left engine — which feeds air to the flight deck — smashed into a large bird.

A Delta flight made an emergency landing due to a battery fire; the crew extinguished the flames, and passengers landed ...

Southwest is to finish its in-flight service ten minutes earlier to reduce the risk of injuries due to turbulence while landing. The changes will come into effect on December 4.