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Damaged Southwest jet repaired, leaves for Texas
PHOENIX (AP) — A Southwest Airlines jetliner that had a fuselage rupture above Arizona early this month has left the state after being repaired. The Boeing 737-300 has been repainted and there is no s . . . (flightaware.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
The flight link is [http://flightaware.com/live/flight/SWA8700/history/20110413/1400Z/KNYL/KDAL]
Flew at 10,000 feet.
Good observation. Maybe they didn't want to risk higher cabin pressurization or supplemental oxygen on this first flight, just in case the repair was not adequate.
Now enroute to KGSO - probably to TIMCO.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/SWA8700/history/20110413/1730Z/KDAL/KGSO
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/SWA8700/history/20110413/1730Z/KDAL/KGSO
That flight number is used for mx flights every day, so likely not the same plane continuing on to GSO.
SWA8700 is just a generic flight number that they assign to any aircraft that they need to reposition, so that is not necessarily the same plane.