 "WATCH | Southwest flight aborts landing at Chicago airport to avoid collision with jet")
Pilots of a Southwest Airlines flight had to abort their landing at Chicago’s Midway Airport on Tuesday morning to avoid a collision with another plane crossing the runway.
The video of the incident surfaced on social media and went viral.
A webcam video on X shows the Southwest plane nearing the runway just before 9 a.m. when it suddenly pulls up. A smaller jet is seen crossing the runway at the same time the passenger plane was approaching.
Chicago airport earlier this morning 😳@AirNavRadar pic.twitter.com/BueSghL3mm
— Flight Emergency (@FlightEmergency) February 25, 2025
Southwest Flight 2504 safely landed “after the crew performed a precautionary go-around to avoid a possible conflict with another aircraft that entered the runway,” an airline spokesperson said in an email. “The crew followed safety procedures and the flight landed without incident.”
An audio recording of communication between the smaller jet and the control tower captured its pilot misstating instructions from a ground tower employee, who repeated that the pilot should “hold short” of a runway. About 30 seconds later, the ground tower ordered the pilot to “hold your position there.”
Series of aviation disasters in North America
In recent weeks, North America has witnessed four major aviation disasters.
Among them is the 6 February crash of a commuter plane in Alaska, which claimed the lives of all 10 people on board.
Impact Shorts
More ShortsOn 26 January, an Army helicopter and an American Airlines flight collided midair at Washington’s Ronald Reagan National Airport, resulting in the deaths of all 67 individuals aboard both aircraft.
A medical transport jet carrying a child patient, her mother, and four others crashed on 31 January into a Philadelphia neighbourhood. The accident killed all seven on board and left 19 others injured.
Earlier, a Delta flight overturned and landed on its roof at Toronto’s Pearson Airport, injuring 21 people.
Twenty-one people were injured on 17 February when a Delta flight flipped and landed on its roof at Toronto’s Pearson Airport.
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