A passenger Southwest Airlines plane avoided a major plane crash when a private jet appeared out of nowhere at Chicago Midway International Airport.
The plane was landing when the private jet came in front of it. The pilots then chose to perform the go-around to prevent the plane crash.
A dramatic video posted on social media has gone viral in which the close contact between the aircrafts can be seen.
International media reported that the Southwest aircraft passed over the private jet at an uncorrected pressure altitude of 900 feet, or roughly 250 feet above the ground after compensating for elevation and pressure.
The passengers of Southwest plane also spoke to the media, saying that they were unaware of what was happening but were grateful to be safe.
Recent plane crash in US
In the past few weeks, there have been four big plane crashes in North America.
One of them was the plane crash in Alaska on February 6 that killed all 10 people on board.
At Washington DC’s Ronald Reagan National Airport on January 26, an Army helicopter and an American Airlines flight crashed in the air, killing all 67 people on board.
Four other people, including a child patient, her mother, and a medical transport jet, were on board when it crashed into a Philadelphia neighbourhood on January 31. Seven people on board died in the crash, and 19 others were hurt.
Plane crash in Canada
Earlier, a Delta flight crashed at Toronto’s Pearson Airport, hurting 21 people.
