Watch live: Southwest Airlines executive testifies before Senate panel
FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020 file photo, a worker uses a flashlight to inspect an engine on a Boeing 737 Max 8 built for Southwest Airlines at Renton Municipal Airport in Renton, Wash. Southwest Airlines reports earnings on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
Southwest Airlines COO Andrew Watterson and other aviation officials are testifying Thursday morning before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee after Southwest had a winter travel breakdown that included thousands of flight cancellations.
The company executive plans to apologize for the fiasco and state that Southwest is confident that recent technological upgrades will help avoid any more future mass cancellations.
The hearing is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. ET.
Watch the live video above.