Southwest’s plane aborted landing site to avoid collision with private jets at Chicago Midway Airport

A Southwest Airlines and an unauthorized private jet entering the runway approached the phone Tuesday morning at Chicago Midway International Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

According to Southwest Airlines, Southwest Flight 2504 landed safely at Chicago Airport when the flight crew had to perform a swim to prevent potential incidents.

The FAA is investigating the incident, which occurred around 8:50 a.m. local time.

In recent weeks, the National Transportation Safety Board and the FAA are investigating a series of security incidents, including Poto near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. A fatal middle collision on the Mark River, a Medevac jet crash in Philadelphia and a deadly regional area, the airline crashed on the Norm coast of Alaska.

According to Flightradar24, the Southwest plane arrived from Omaha, Nebraska during the Chicago incident, which was a private jet of the Mumbai Challenger 350, heading to Knoxville, Tennessee, according to Flightradar24.

According to liveatc.net’s audio, air traffic control directs private jets to turn left on “Running 4L, off-road track 31L, short from runway 31C”.

The pilot replied, “OK, leave on 2-uh-4l, cross 22 or 13c, Flexjet 560.”

Then, the air traffic controller on the ground immediately responded to the pilot: “Flexjet 560, negative! Cross 31L, hold the short runway 31c.”

Air Traffic Control Audio from the tower also shows the moment when the pilots of the Southwest plane choose to swim to avoid private jets on the runway.

The air traffic controller replied: “-west 2504, well, Roger. Climb, maintain 3,000.”

Once the plane reached 3,000 feet in the air, the pilot asked the tower: “2504 Southwest, uh, what’s going on?”

“The crew followed safety procedures and the flight landed without any accidents,” a Southwest spokesman said in an email to CNN. “Nothing is more important than the safety of our customers and employees.” Now.”

A spokesperson said in a statement that Flexjet, the company that runs the Bombardier Challenger 350, is “aware of the happening in Chicago” and is “working to gather more information about this situation.” According to the configuration posted on the Flexjet website, a private jet can accommodate up to nine passengers.

According to Flightradar24, the plane was about 2,050 feet before the Southwest aircraft started.

Flightradar24 said the southwest plane flew over the private jet at an uncorrected pressure altitude of 900 feet, and after adjusting the pressure and elevation, the ground was about 250 feet.

A NTSB spokesman said the agency is “aware of” the activity and is “collecting information about the matter”. Between January 2023 and September 2024, the NTSB investigated 13 runway invasions involving commercial or rental flights.

This is a developing story that will be updated.

Andy Rose, Sara Smart, Sharif Paget and Pete Muntean of CNN contributed to the report.

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