Southwest jet aborts landing in Chicago after near-miss on runway | News World

A Southwest Airlines jet was forced to abort a landing at Chicago Midway airport on Tuesday in a serious near-miss incident after a business jet entered the runway without authorization, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

Southwest Flight 2504, a Boeing 737-800 arriving from Omaha, flew overtop a FlexJet Challenger on the runway and performed a go-around narrowly avoiding the aircraft on the ground. The FAA is investigating the incident, which occurred around 8:50 a.m. local time.

A dramatic video posted on social media showed the Southwest jet nearing touch down and then pulling up and above the FlexJet that had crossed Runway 31C.

Southwest said the crew “followed safety procedures and the flight landed without incident.”

Over the last two years, a series of troubling near-miss incidents has raised concerns about US aviation safety and the strain on understaffed air…more

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