Pilots earn praise for averting near collision disaster at Midway Airport

Pilots earn praise for averting near collision disaster at Midway Airport

CHICAGO (WGN) — The pilots of a Southwest Airlines plane who aborted a landing to avoid a potential collision with another aircraft have earned the praise of other commercial airline pilots and the president of the United States. Southwest flight 2504 from Omaha was nearly wheels down at Midway International Airport shortly before 9 a.m. Tuesday when a private business jet crossed its path. The Southwest pilots quickly aborted the landing and ci…

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A surrealist scene recently occurred at the Midway Airport in Chicago, United States. A plane and a private jet almost hit the tarmac. A...