A Boeing 737-800 from the US airline Southwest Avoiding a little by little a collision on track with a private jet at an airport of Chicago (Illinois), as seen in a video that is being shared by social networks.
The images show how the Southwest flight 2504which covered the route between Omaha (Nebraska) and the airport of Midwayin Chicagoyou prepare to land and how the flight goes back -what is known as a Fall approach maneuver– Seconds before touching the ground to avoid colliding with a private jet that is rolling on the track in the direction cross a few meters later.
Representatives of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) cited by the ABC chain indicated that the private jet did not follow the air control instructions correctlywhich had instructed the aircraft to Do not perform the track until after the Boeing land.
FAA also said that, at the time of greatest closeness, both devices came to some 800 meters the one of the other.
Finally the Boeing landed Without problems After a new approximation maneuver at 9:02 local time (15:02 GMT), a few minutes before even its planned arrival.
A Southwest Airlines Plane Was Forced To Abort ITS Landing This Morning After Jet Taxied in Front of It Across The Runway at Midway Airport in Chicago.
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