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Southwest Airlines has added a new cockpit safety tool to most of its fleet that could prevent the types of close runway calls that have raised concerns in recent years. The Honeywell-built ...
Southwest Airlines on Monday said it has added cockpit safety alerts to nearly its entire fleet of 800 aircraft. The safety alert system, designed by Honeywell, sets off verbal and text warnings ...
Southwest Airlines is activating runway alerts across its fleet of Boeing 737s to boost safety. The alert system warns pilots if they're too fast, too high, or on the wrong runway.
FILE - Luggage is finished being loaded onto a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 airplane at Baltimore - Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport on June 26, 2025 in Baltimore, Maryland.
Southwest Airlines announced Monday that it has equipped nearly its entire fleet of 800 airplanes with new cockpit safety alerts designed by Honeywell. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images, FILE) ...
Runway safety software deployed on Southwest Airlines' Boeing 737 fleet provides pilots with alerts during taxi, take-off and landing to prevent accidents.
Southwest adds cockpit safety alerts across nearly entire fleet of 800 planes By Taylor Herzlich Published June 16, 2025, 12:59 p.m. ET ...
Southwest Airlines is outfitting its Boeing 737 fleet with new Honeywell software called "SmartRunway SmartLanding" that alerts pilots to runway risks, aiming to prevent disaster before it happens.