FAA probes ultra-low Boeing 777 flyby at Texas airfield

Flight-tracking data show a Boeing 777 performing a dangerously low pass at Horseshoe Bay Resort Jet Center in Central Texas during a pre-delivery test flight leased by Jetran and painted in Qatar Airways livery; the jet was reportedly as close as 25 feet to the ground, and the FAA is investigating. Qatar Airways Cargo says the aircraft was leased and not operated by their staff, while former NTSB Chair Sumwalt called the maneuver “stupid pilot tricks” and warned pilots’ credentials could be suspended.