(NewsNation) — A Southwest Airlines plane and private jet almost collided at Midway Airport in Chicago, Illinois on Tuesday morning.
Video footage shows the Southwest plane making its way down the runway, when another aircraft comes in front of it. However, the crew of Southwest Flight 2504 initiated a “go-round,” allowing the plane to avoid hitting the jet, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement to NewsNation.
The business jet entered the runway without authorization around 8:50 a.m., the FAA said.
No injuries were reported.
Southwest said the crew followed safety procedures and the flight landed “without incident.”
“Nothing is more important to Southwest than the Safety of our Customers and Employees,”a Southwest spokesperson said in a statement.
Flexjet, which is the company the private plane is registered to, said in a statement it is aware of what happened.
“Flexjet adheres to the highest safety standards and we are conducting a thorough investigation,” a spokesperson said. “Any action to rectify and ensure the highest safety standards will be taken.”
The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are now investigating.
The agencies are also looking into a number of other incidents involving planes that happened this year, including the deadly collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and Black Hawk military helicopter. All 67 people on board those aircraft died.
A military plane crashed into the San Diego Bay; a plane crashed in Alaska and a medical jet crashed in Philadelphia in the first few weeks of 2025 as well. Six people, including one child, were on board and killed in the Philadelphia crash. One person on the ground died, too.
Last Wednesday, a midair collision involving two small planes in southern Arizona killed two people.
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