A Southwest Airlines jet narrowly avoided a collision while trying to land at Chicago Midway Airport on Feb. 25 after a private jet taxied across a runway without authorization.
At around 8:50 a.m. CT, Southwest Airlines Flight 2504—a Boeing 737-800 en route from Omaha—quickly aborted its landing and flew over a FlexJet Challenger on Runway 31C before performing a go-around.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it was investigating the incident in a statement to The Epoch Times.
In a video posted to social media, the Southwest jet can be seen nearly touching down on the runway before quickly pulling up and narrowly missing the FlexJet as the latter crossed the runway….