Jet pilot aborts landing after another plane crosses runway

[putnam6]

Video at link

The airliner was about to land if it continued it it would have been a high-speed near miss at best, unless it was a perspective thing 

we fly into Midway all the time 

 
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Planes appear to nearly collide at Chicago’s Midway Airport this morning

[UltraBudgie]

Yep. Seems as though the private jet wasn't cleared to cross.

Video shows Southwest flight 2504 from Omaha coming in for a landing at the airport, then quickly aborting to avoid a potential collision with the business jet that was taxiing across the runway. The Southwest flight was just inches from the ground when the pilots throttled up and climbed skyward to avoid the business jet. Seconds later, the Southwest plane flew over the business jet at an approximate altitude of 250 feet, according to preliminary flight data.

An audio recording from air traffic control shows that the private plane had been cleared to cross one runway, but hold at another. The pilot of the private jet repeated the instructions to the tower incorrectly, and was corrected by the tower. The pilot then repeated the instructions correctly. About 30 seconds later, the Southwest pilot can be heard saying they are "going around."

Southwest Airlines confirmed the incident, telling CBS News that the crew of the Boeing 737 Max8 performed a "precautionary go-around to avoid a possible conflict with another aircraft that entered the runway."

According to preliminary data from tracking site flightradar24.com, the business jet was a FlexJet Bombardier Challenger bound for Knoxville, Tennessee.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/southwest-air...52346.html

Can anyone dig up the ATC audio? Those are fun to listen to.

[putnam6]

Yep. Seems as though the private jet wasn't cleared to cross.


https://www.yahoo.com/news/southwest-air...52346.html

Can anyone dig up the ATC audio? Those are fun to listen to.

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ATC was very professional I know Flight Radar isn't exact on location but if it was the right wing of the Southwest Airlines plane would have slammed into the tail section of the commuter jet.



https://x.com/flightradar24/status/1894482549688205332

 

[Zaphod58]

Yep. Seems as though the private jet wasn't cleared to cross.


https://www.yahoo.com/news/southwest-air...52346.html

Can anyone dig up the ATC audio? Those are fun to listen to.

They were confused as hell from the start. They weren’t sure where they started from, the read back was wrong, and it looks like they didn’t recognize the smaller runway they crossed.