Hackernews posts about Southwest

Southwest is a major American airline known for its low-cost carrier model and popular route network across the United States.

1. Southwest Is Changing Its Rules for Plus-Size Passengers (www.nytimes.com)
   22 points by bookofjoe 1 day ago | 25 comments
2. Crew Members Are Hurt as Southwest Plane Plunges Abruptly After Takeoff (www.nytimes.com)
   4 points by perihelions 29 days ago | discuss
3. Climate models reveal human activity may be locking SWest into permanent drought (theconversation.com)
   10 points by bikenaga 9 days ago | 1 comments
4. Students from Southeast Asia in demand at universities (www.dw.com)
   5 points by eatonphil 15 days ago | discuss
5. Indonesia's ballistic missile deployment, a first in Southeast Asia (www.channelnewsasia.com)
   3 points by eagleislandsong 12 days ago | discuss
6. Thai Air Force seals deal for Swedish Gripen jets (www.scmp.com)
   205 points by belter 8 days ago | 305 comments
7. Oikon brings leading bird protection technologies to wind farms in SE Europe (oikon.hr)
   2 points by taubek 24 days ago | discuss
8. WiFi without internet on a Southwest flight (jamesbvaughan.com)
   1756 points by jamesbvaughan almost 2 years ago | 652 comments
9. Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-8 Max Experienced Dutch Roll (avherald.com)
   258 points by belter about 1 year ago | 228 comments
10. Southwest Airlines now available on Google Flights (viewfromthewing.com)
    128 points by kk6mrp over 1 year ago | 107 comments
11. A vision for the alleviation of water scarcity in the US Southwest (caseyhandmer.wordpress.com)
    125 points by boiler_up800 over 1 year ago | 151 comments
12. Southwest flight came within 400 feet of crashing into the ocean (www.cnn.com)
    100 points by BostonFern about 1 year ago | 61 comments
13. Southwest Boeing 737-800 flight from Denver loses engine cover (www.cnn.com)
    59 points by janpot over 1 year ago | 59 comments
14. Southwest Plane Plunged Within 400 Feet of Ocean Near Hawaii (www.bloomberg.com)
    36 points by lxgr about 1 year ago | 28 comments
15. Pilots said nothing as Southwest plane flew dangerously low over Tampa Bay (www.tampabay.com)
    30 points by howard941 about 1 year ago | 30 comments
16. Southwest Airlines Is Ditching Open Seating on Flights (www.wsj.com)
    29 points by cwwc about 1 year ago | 26 comments
17. Windows 3.1 saves Southwest Airlines during CrowdStrike outage (www.tomshardware.com)
    26 points by smsm42 about 1 year ago | 30 comments
18. Jump Seating United Pilot Causes Drama at Southwest (onemileatatime.com)
    21 points by Jimmc414 over 1 year ago | 14 comments
19. Summer heat is making soda cans burst on Southwest flights, injuring attendants (www.cbsnews.com)
    20 points by rntn about 1 year ago | 5 comments
20. FAA investigates after Southwest plane drops to 'within 400ft' of Pacific Ocean (www.theguardian.com)
    17 points by mindracer about 1 year ago | 2 comments
21. Southwest Air Saved from Global IT Outage Thanks to Never Upgrading from Win 3.1 (simpleflying.com)
    15 points by gscott about 1 year ago | 1 comments
22. Southwest Airlines Will End Its Longstanding Open-Seating Policy (www.nytimes.com)
    14 points by vyrotek about 1 year ago | 19 comments
23. Southwest Jet Near Collision in Chicago Midway (twitter.com)
    14 points by igtztorrero 6 months ago | discuss
24. Southwest Airlines Flight 2504 initiated a go-around to avoid collision (www.faa.gov)
    13 points by impish9208 6 months ago | discuss
25. Southwest Plane Plunged Within 400 Feet of Ocean Near Hawaii (www.msn.com)
    12 points by jonah about 1 year ago | 4 comments
26. South-west France swelters in 'staggering' 26.9C November night heat (www.theguardian.com)
    11 points by croes 9 months ago | 4 comments
27. Soda cans burst on Southwest flights due to extreme heat (www.npr.org)
    10 points by jnord about 1 year ago | 4 comments
28. Volcano erupts in south-west Iceland (www.bbc.com)
    10 points by gnabgib over 1 year ago | 1 comments
29. Goes-West – Sector View: Pacific Southwest – Fire Temperature (www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov)
    10 points by hnburnsy 8 months ago | discuss
30. Southwest to lay off 15% of its corporate staff, including senior leadership (www.cnn.com)
    9 points by papertowels 6 months ago | discuss
31. Southwest to get rid of open seating, offer extra legroom (www.cnbc.com)
    8 points by blueridge about 1 year ago | 3 comments
32. Southwest Airlines' free bags perk is mostly gone – loyal customers are outraged (www.dailydot.com)
    8 points by Bluestein about 2 months ago | discuss
33. Southwest Airlines to End Free Checked Bags for First Time in 54-Year History (www.cbsnews.com)
    8 points by m463 6 months ago | discuss
34. Southwest flight flew just 150 feet above the ground, tracking data shows (www.cnn.com)
    8 points by rntn about 1 year ago | discuss
35. Southwest will require passengers to keep chargers visible due to fire risk (www.npr.org)
    7 points by voxadam 3 months ago | 1 comments
36. Southwest Airlines to start charging for bags (www.wsj.com)
    7 points by AuthorizedCust 6 months ago | 1 comments
37. A Boeing engine part fell off a Southwest plane (qz.com)
    6 points by throwaway743 over 1 year ago | 2 comments