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Southwest Jet Drops to Just 525 Feet 9 Miles Short of Runway

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One resident feared the Boeing 737 “was gonna hit my house.”

Dan Ladden-Hall
Dan Ladden-Hall 

Breaking News Editor

A Southwest Airlines plane came close to the ground nine miles short of a runway in Oklahoma City.
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Dan Ladden-Hall

Dan Ladden-Hall

Breaking News Editor

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