FAA ‘Looking Into’ Viral Boeing 777 Low-Pass Video

Agency says it’s aware of reports that a Boeing 777 made an extremely low pass at a Texas jet center on Wednesday.

Jack Daleo

Thursday, June 25, 2026 at 04:00 PM ET

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Travis Tingle

Video appears to depict a Boeing 777 outfitted in a Qatar Airways Cargo livery nearly scraping a runway in Horseshoe Bay, Texas. [Credit: Qatar Airways]

Key Takeaways:

A viral video depicting a Boeing 777-200LR making an extremely low pass at a Texas jet center sparked widespread debate about its authenticity and prompted an FAA investigation.
Flight data confirmed a 777-200 (N705DN) overflew the runway at an exceptionally low altitude, despite the facility not being designed for such widebody aircraft.
The aircraft's lessor, Jetran, confirmed the video's authenticity, stating the unauthorized maneuver occurred during a test flight for an aircraft destined for Qatar Airways Cargo, potentially leading to FAA penalties for careless operations.

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Aviation geeks on Thursday morning hotly debated whether a viral video shared by X user @EBAviation—which appears to depict a Boeing 777-200LR making an extremely low pass at Horseshoe Bay Resort Jet Center in Texas, nearly scraping the runway—is real or generated by artificial intelligence.

“Inches from disaster and for what? Stupid stupid stupid,” opined Steve Giordano, a partner with Nomadic Aviation Group who runs the CockpitCasual YouTube channel.