A Southwest Airlines plane and a private business jet narrowly avoided a collision at Chicago’s Midway Airport on Tuesday morning, February 25, 2025 (StreamTime Live/CBS Chicago). YouTube Tips ⓘ
Southwest Airlines Flight 2504 (Boeing 737-800 N8517F) from Eppley Airfield in Omaha was arriving at Midway International Airport in Chicago Tuesday morning when a Flexjet Bombardier Challenger (Flexjet LXJ560), heading for its departure runway, crossed Runway 31 as SWA Flight 2504 was attempting a landing on the same runway.
The pilots on the SWA2504 initiated a go around at an altitude of about 50 feet, aborting the Boeing 737’s landing. During the go around at about 8:58 a.m. CST, SWA2504 flew about 250 feet above ground level when it was directly over the Bombardier Challenger 350 private jet.
Here is the Incident Playback of Animated Timeline of Two Aircraft from FlightRadar24 …
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Pilot on SWA2504 calmly says, “Southwest 2504 going around” at 18:04, then confirms climb to 3,000 feet.
ATC Audio (skip to 18:00)…
SWA was clear to land on Runway 31C a little over two minutes before the go around occurred.
Runway Incursion: This morning Southwest Airlines flight #WN2504 conducted a go around just before touchdown as a FlexJet Challenger crossed the runway downfield. https://t.co/tf63uNnVoM
We are processing the granular ADS-B received from both aircraft. https://t.co/Fck7fTVwPh pic.twitter.com/kdWXAN7crq
— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) February 25, 2025
Approximately 2,050 feet separated the aircraft before #WN2504 initiated its go around at approximately 50 ft AGL. Southwest passed over the Flexjet Challenger at an uncorrected pressure altitude of 900 feet. Adjusting for pressure and elevation, it is approximately 250 ft AGL. pic.twitter.com/aIWniaXVC0
— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) February 25, 2025
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