Private jet involved in near-miss with Southwest plane was headed to Knoxville, records show | News World

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) – The private business jet that a Southwest Airlines pilot narrowly avoided hitting at Chicago’s Midway Airport Tuesday was headed to Knoxville, according to flight data from FlightAware, a database that collects public flight information.

The close call happened Tuesday morning. Video shows Southwest Flight 2504 being forced to perform a go-around — a move where the plane pulls out of a landing, circling around to try again — because the business jet drove onto the runway.

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The jet itself is operated by Flexjet, a private aircraft company. Taking a look at data from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the Bombardier Challenger 350 has several…more

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