Chicago Midway near miss

[Garbage1]

The Air Traffic Events continue to roll.
FAA and NTSB gonna be busy

Southwest flight barely misses collision at Chicago Midway International

A Southwest Airlines flight was forced to perform a go-around maneuver at Chicago Midway International Airport when a private jet crossed its path on the runway Tuesday morning.

www.foxnews.com

 

[waross]

I'm looking forward to hearing the control tower tapes.
That must have been an (Expletive deleted) moment.

 

[Sym P. le]

blancolirio already has them up.

 

[waross]

Somewhat reminiscent;

On the 11th of February 1978, a Pacific Western Boeing 737 on approach to Cranbrook, British Columbia crashed during an attempted go-around in the midst of a snow storm, killing 43 of the 49 people on board.

In this case a snow plow on the runway and a cascade of errors.

 

[TugboatEng]

Just a thought, it feels as if Southwest is the reason the USA as such a good flight safety record currently. I fly a lot of SW and from booking to landing every step of their process is better. I recently flew next to one of their pilots that was very critical of a landing I thought was ok. I've even heard SW attendants make jokes about rougher landings. I like that because it indicates a culture that acknowledges problems that aren't stop operations problems.