LISTEN: Southwest Airlines flight abruptly rises to avoid another plane crossing Chicago runway
Pilots on a Southwest Airlines flight attempting to land at Chicago's Midway Airport were forced to climb back into the sky to avoid another aircraft crossing the runway on Tuesday morning. Southwest Flight 2504 safely landed 'after the crew performed a precautionary go-around to avoid a possible conflict with another aircraft that entered the runway,' an airline spokesperson said in an email.
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