The verbs here are a bit alarmist Nah, they're appropriate. Getting that low (less than 775 ft) is bad, doing that on climb out is worse. There's no margin f

The verbs here are a bit alarmist Nah, they're appropriate. Getting that low (less than 775 ft) is bad, doing that on climb out is worse. There's no margin for error at that height. Moreover the plane pulled 2.7G which is in excess of what the plane is rated for (2.5G). The pilots should've returned (to Maui or the Big Island) for an inspection instead of continuing on with the flight. though this should have been reported even if just to NASA. What I've read is that the incident was reported after the flight landed at SFO.