Revisamos en esta publicación the first discoveries of the preliminary report of the incursótrack number at the International Airport of Chicago Midway between one Boeing 737 from Southwest Y a challenger 350 of flexjet. Photo screenshot
The 25 February 2025, approximately at 08:48, Hora isáNDAR Central (CST), the flight 560 of flexjet (Lxj 560), A Bombardier Challenger 350 CL-35, foodícula N560FX, And the flight 2504 de Southwest Airlines (SWA2504), a boeing 737-800, foodícula N8517F, They were involved in a incursón on the track what turned outó in which the SWA2504 flight made a frustrated landing at Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW), Chicago, Illinois.
Incursi Preliminary ReportóTrack N in Chicago
SWA2504 Flight Initó The first leg while the private flight LXJ560 crossed the 31c track. When lxj560 clearanceó The active track, Sw2504 Pasó less than 200 Pies Detrás de él. SWA2504 later madeó A landing without incident for a few minutes afterés. There was no dayñto the planes involved and none of the 142 occupants aboard the avión swa and none of the 3 AVI occupantsón flexjet were injured. LXJ560 operated under the provisions of Tíleakage 14 of CóI say federal regulations (CFR) Part 91K as a flight from MDW to the Tyson McGhee airport (Thous), Alcoa, Tennessee. SWA2504 operated under the Tíleakage 14 Cf party 121 as a regular national passenger flight from Eppley Airfield (Their), Omaha, Nebraska a MDW.
- Date and time: 25 February 2025, approximately at 08:48, Hora isáNDAR Central (CST)
- Locationón: Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW), Chicago, Illinois
- operators: Flexjet (Lxj) y Southwest Airlines (SWA)
- aircraft: Bombardier Challenger 350 CL-35 (Lxj 560) y Boeing 737-800 (SWA2504)
- Númere standard: Not specified in the report
- foodíbutt: N560FX (Lxj 560) and N8517F (SWA2504)
- Núflight grouper: Lxj 560 and SWA2504
- Andñto the aircraft: Neither
- Víhonor: None of the occupants of both aircraft resultsó injured (142 in SWA2504 and 3 and lxj 560)
Summary of the flight
Southwest Airlines flight 2504 (SWA2504): The crewóSWA2504 FLIGHT N INFORMó which were authorized by approximation controlón for an approachón of the instrument landing system (ILS) At the 31C track in MDW in meteorol conditionsóvisual flight logic (VMC). During the approximationón, the captainán was the pilot in command (PF) And the first officer (FO) He was the monitoring pilot (PM). The crewón indicó who communicated with the MDW tower in Runts and received authorizationón to land on track 31c. The approximationón was without incident, and the automeráTico remainedó activated until approximately 500 pies AGL. By continuing the approximationón, both the Capán as the fo visually inspected the airport and noticed that an avióaviation noón general (GA) I was rolling on a surface perpendicular to its track and assumed to keepíA before track 31c. El FO indicó what afterés of listening to the call audible of the aircraft of 100 pies, He realized that the GA aircraft does not stopíA and was going to cross track 31c. Eld for petsó A lap and the captainán the executó. The crewóFlight n indicó that the procedures were appliedándand back, And the maneuver is executedó No problems and without incident.
Flexjet (Lxj) flight 560: The crewón the lxj560 indicó that his flight was scheduled to leave MDW to the 8:46 am local time. Before departure, declared that they completed all their tasks prior to the flight, They embarked a passenger, They lit their engines and completed all the verification listsón relevant. They indicated that they called the land control of MDW and requested filming instructions from the firm ramp in «whiskey», However, the crewóI don't declareó that the answer they receivedíA meaning for them. Initially they were authorizedón to shoot at track 22l throughés of the skirting street F and stay before 4L. Afterés that the crewóN flight requestó to the land control that will clarify the filming instructions, They were given a new shooting route of the skirting street to the Street of Filming F with a wait before track 04l/22r. When they were on the street of filming F, Terrestrial control indicatesó that will turn left on track 04l, will cross the 31L track and then wait before track 31c.
The crewóFlight N Initially Lawó bad instructions; However, The terrestrial controller immediately returnedó to issue the instructions and receivedó A correct reading.
Preliminary findings of the investigationón
- The National Transportation Board (NTSB) The incident was notified of the incident 25 February 2025 and initialsó an investigationón of the accident.
- Group presidents of the NTSB were assigned in the áoperations, aircraft performance, human performance, airport operations, control of tráI'm theéinmate and flight data registrars.
- Flight data registrars (FDR) Swa and Flexjet FDR data were sent to the vehicle registrars laboratoryíNTSB asses in Washington, DC, for su análysis.
- Cabin's voice recorders (CVR) of both airplanes were overwritten.
- The group of operational factors, With the assistance of a NTSB human performance specialist, interviewó to the crewóFlexjet flight n 560 And the Flexjet chief pilot at the Flexjet headquarters facilities.
- The group of operational factors, With the assistance of a NTSB human performance specialist, realizedó crew interviewsóSWA flight n.
- FAA proportionó to the NTSB ADS-B data certificates and audio recordings.
- Midway Airport Operations proporcionó photos of the track environment that showed themñtracks from the track (I knowñWhite vertical wings on red erected on each side of position marksón waiting for the track) and líWaiting Nea for track 13c/31c.
- The climate at the time of the ventión was northwest wind to 8 knots, más de 10 statutory miles of visibility and clear skies. Además, The sun was 22.4° About the horizon and from the intersectionóN of track 4l/22R and track 13c/31c was in an azimuth of 126°.
The investigationón of this ventótrack n in Chicago está in progress. The preliminary report can read it throughout its extensión in this link: https://t.co/B0y1sTNiS6
