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Aborted Landing at DC Airport Adds to Series of Flight Incidents
An American Airlines Group Inc. plane aborted its landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to avoid another aircraft departing on the same runway, the latest in an alarming series of US aviation incidents in recent weeks.
The jet was ordered by air traffic controllers to perform a “go-around” Tuesday morning to ensure sufficient separation between the planes, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement. The maneuver, which can be requested by a pilot or controller, repositions the plane to make another landing approach.
Passenger plane narrowly avoids private jet collision in terrifying moment on runway
A Southwest Airlines plane was involved in a shocking near miss as it narrowly avoided colliding with a private jet at Chicago Midway Airport as it attempted to land on Tuesday. Footage of the incident from the airport’s webcam shows Southwest Airlines Flight 2504 approaching the tarmac around 8:20 a.m. as a small Flexjet pulled in front of the much larger Boeing 737-800, forcing it to go back up into the air to avoid collision. Flight data shows that the two planes were around 2,050 feet apart vertically when the...
Southwest Airlines flight forced to abruptly pull out of landing to avoid crashing into jet crossing Chicago runway
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Southwest Airlines flight abruptly rises to avoid another plane crossing Chicago runway without authorization, headed to Knoxville
A video shared on X showed a Southwest Airlines plane landing in Chicago's airport before having to quickly climb back up into the sky to avoid a small plane. CHICAGO — Pilots on a Southwest Airlines flight attempting to land at Chicago’s Midway Airport were forced to climb back into the sky to avoid another aircraft crossing the runway on Tuesday morning, according to The Associated Press. Airport webcam video posted on social media shows the Southwest plane approaching a runway just before 9 a.m. Tuesday before its nose abruptly...
Aviation expert, former Massport CEO weighs in on Southwest Airlines close call
PEOPLE ON THAT PLANE. JOHN AND MARIA. THERE ARE SO MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY THIS KEEPS HAPPENING, AND NOW THERE IS ANOTHER CLOSE CALL TO INVESTIGATE. JUST MOMENTS FROM A RUNWAY DISASTER. THIS SOUTHWEST FLIGHT SWIFTLY ABORTS LANDING TO AVOID A CATASTROPHIC COLLISION WITH A PRIVATE JET CROSSING ITS PATH. THE SOUTHWEST PILOTS ASKING AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AT CHICAGO’S MIDWAY WHAT WENT WRONG. SARASOTA WAS 20 504. HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS HAD TOLD THAT PRIVATE JET NOT TO CROSS THE RUNWAY. DISMAYED THAT HERE WE ARE AGAIN...
Southwest 737 and small business jet have 'near collision' at Chicago Midway Airport
Southwest 737 and small business jet have 'near collision' at Chicago Midway Airport The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board say they're investigating a near-collision Monday between a Southwest Airlines 737 and a small business jet at Chicago's Midway Airport. Southwest flight 2504 was arriving from Omaha, Neb. and attempting to land on runway 31-Center at Midway. The skies were clear and the 737 was inches from touching down when the business jet taxied across the runway from left to right. The 737 crew immediately throttled the engines...
A Southwest plane and business jet nearly collided at Midway. It’s not the first close call investigated at the airport.
Federal authorities are investigating two jets that appeared to narrowly avoid a collision at Midway Airport, as a string of recent aviation disasters has caused public confidence in air safety to start to waver. Around 8:50 a.m. Tuesday, a Southwest plane aborted a landing when a business jet entered the runway without authorization, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, which is investigating the incident. Video circulating on social media shows a dramatic reversal of plans by the Southwest plane. The larger commercial plane appears to nearly touch down on the...
Southwest Airlines flight narrowly avoids another plane at Chicago airport
CHICAGO — It was a close call at a Chicago airport Tuesday morning when two planes nearly crashed into each other. According to CBS News, a Southwest Airlines plane and a private business jet narrowly avoided one another at Chicago’s Midway Airport. Video obtained by CBS shows Southwest Flight 2504 from Omaha, Nebraska coming in for a landing at the airport when the pilot quickly pulls up to avoid a business jet that was taxiing across the runway. An audio recording from air traffic control reportedly shows that the private...