A Southwest Airways flight was compelled to carry out a go-around maneuver when coming in for a touchdown at Chicago Halfway Worldwide Airport when a non-public jet started taxiing throughout the airplane’s path on the runway Tuesday morning.
Video from the airport reveals the Southwest plane practically touching down on the runway when it all of a sudden pulls again as much as fly over the smaller FlexJet plane that entered its path on the runway.
Southwest Flight 2504 from Omaha, Nebraska, landed safely, having carried out the precautionary maneuver to keep away from “a possible conflict” with the opposite plane that entered the runway, Southwest stated in an announcement to Fox Information.
“The crew followed safety procedures and the flight landed without incident,” a Southwest spokesperson advised Fox Information in an announcement. “Nothing is more important to Southwest than the safety of our customers and employees.”
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The Southwest flight crew carried out a go-around maneuver to keep away from a attainable incident with a non-public jet that crossed its path on the runway at Chicago Halfway Worldwide Airport on Tuesday morning. (StreamTime Dwell)
A spokesperson for the airport advised Fox Information that they wouldn’t name the incident a “near collision.”
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) stated in a preliminary assertion that the “business jet entered the runway without authorization.” The company stated it’s investigating the incident.
The close to collision is the most recent in a regarding pattern of current air journey incidents within the U.S.
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Earlier Tuesday, a United Airways flight carrying practically 200 passengers was compelled to make an emergency touchdown at Newark Liberty Worldwide Airport in New Jersey after a “possible mechanical issue” mid-flight, the airline stated.
A Delta Air Traces flight was compelled to return to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Worldwide Airport on Monday morning after a “haze” stuffed the cabin, in keeping with the airline. Passengers evacuated the plane upon touchdown safely, and no accidents have been reported.
Earlier this month, a Delta Air Traces flight burst into flames and flipped the other way up whereas touchdown at Canada’s Toronto Pearson Airport. Everybody on board survived the ordeal, although accidents have been reported.
A number of lethal incidents have additionally occurred in current weeks.
Final week, two small planes collided midair at a regional airport in Arizona, killing two folks.
An American Airways airplane collided with a army Black Hawk helicopter close to Ronald Reagan Washington Nationwide Airport, killing 67 folks final month. Lower than 48 hours later, a medical ambulance flight crashed in Philadelphia, leaving seven folks useless.
Fox Information Digital’s Stepheny Worth contributed to this report.
