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A Southwest Airlines jet on Tuesday morning narrowly avoided a collision with a private jet in Chicago after it decided to ditch its landing attempt just feet from the ground. Southwest flight 2504, which departed from Omaha, Nebraska, landed safely at the Chicago Midway International Airport after it made the decision to abort its initial landing, the airline told CNN. Audio from the air traffic control tower revealed that the private jet mistakenly crossed into the Southwest plane's runway as it prepared to take off for Knoxville, Tennessee. The jet...

A Southwest Airlines Co. plane narrowly avoided a possible collision with a smaller business jet on the runway of Chicago Midway International Airport on Tuesday morning, adding to a series of near misses and fatal crashes in recent weeks.

The crew of Southwest Airlines Flight 2504 performed a so-called go-around to avoid the business jet, which had entered the runway without authorization, the US Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement. The agency is investigating the incident.

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after a close call at Chicago Midway Airport Tuesday between a Southwest Airlines flight preparing to land and a business jet that officials say was not authorized to be on the runway. The incident comes after several recent aviation incidents, including at least three fatal crashes so far in 2025, and one crash-landing in Toronto that led to a Delta plane flipping upside down. As more details about Tuesday's close call at Midway Airport emerge, here's what we know so far. Which planes were...

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after a near miss between a Southwest Airlines plane and a jet on a runway at Chicago's Midway Airport was caught on camera. The incident happened just before 9 a.m. Tuesday, when Southwest Airlines Flight 2504 was seen approaching a runway for landing before abruptly conducting a "go-around" as a business jet unexpectedly entered the runway "without authorization," the FAA said in a statement. A statement from Southwest Airlines confirmed the incident, saying Flight 2504 landed safely Tuesday morning "after the crew performed a...

A Southwest Airlines flight nearly involved in a collision at Chicago’s Midway International Airport originated from Omaha’s Eppley Airfield Tuesday morning. Video posted on social media showed the Boeing 737 passenger jet, operating as Southwest Airlines Flight 2504, was just about to land at 8:48 a.m. when a smaller aircraft crossed the runway in front of it. The Southwest pilot had to abort the initial landing — known as a go-around — and attempt the landing again. CNN reported the other plane was a private plane. The national media outlet...

The Southwest crew did a "go-around" to avoid the business jet. Southwest plane lands safely in Chicago after close call with jet that went on runway without authorization A Southwest Airlines plane landed safely at Chicago Midway International Airport after a "go-around" to avoid a business jet that "entered the runway without authorization," according to the Federal Aviation Administration, Feb. 25, 2025.

Video of an incident of what appeared to be a Southwest jet attempting to land in Chicago and nearly colliding with another aircraft on the runway is circulating online. According to reports, Southwest Flight 2504 and a private jet experienced a close call in the morning. Southwest Flight 2504 landed safely at the Chicago airport after avoiding the other aircraft on the runway, according to Southwest who told CNN. “The crew followed safety procedures and the flight landed without incident,” a Southwest spokesperson said in an email. "Nothing is more...

A Southwest Airlines jet nearly crashed with a business jet that was not authorized to be on the runway Tuesday morning at Midway Airport, according to the FAA.

At 8:50 a.m. the crew of Southwest Airlines Flight 2504 initiated a “go-around” when a business jet entered the runway without authorization at Chicago Midway Airport, according to Steve Kulm, of the FAA.

There were no reports of injuries, according to the Chicago fire department.

The FAA is investigating the incident.

A Southwest plane and a private jet nearly collided at Chicago Midway Airport Tuesday morning, according to reports. Southwest Airlines Flight 2504 was forced to abort its landing and pull back into the air to evade the private jet that was on its runway, according to CNN. Nobody was hurt in the close call, according to Southwest. “The crew followed safety procedures and the flight landed without incident,” the airline told CNN. “Nothing is more important to Southwest than the safety of our customers and employees.” This is a developing...

Southwest flight lands safely after close call at Midway airport, airline says CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Southwest Airlines flight landed safely ay Midway after close call, according to the airline. ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watch Flight 2504 was landing at Chicago's Midway airport on Tuesday morning, however it had to perform a "precautionary" go-around to avoid a conflict with another aircraft, the airline said. Southwest airlines said an aircraft entered the runway as flight 2504 was trying to land. The flight later landed without incident....