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In reply to the discussion: BREAKING: Another near collision on a runway in Chicago. [View all]Ocelot II
(130,386 posts)57. Pilots train for those sorts of incidents.
It's a regular thing during simulator training. They wouldn't have been happy about it but they didn't freak out. The crew on the ground that crossed the runway when they were told to hold short would have been pretty rattled, though, when they saw the Southwest plane fly over them, and then when they were told to call the tower. No pilot wants to make that phone call.
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I have relatives on the other side of this country and other side of the world. I will not fly no more, never.
erronis
Feb 2025
#21
What town in MT are you coming to & where from? I'm in the Flathead Valley.
Maru Kitteh
Feb 2025
#44
Wow, that was close. I would think the pilot of the business jet could have seen the Southwest plane landing.
Lonestarblue
Feb 2025
#14
MDW is scary on a good day. It wasn't designed for scheduled airline service,
Ocelot II
Feb 2025
#15
Thanks for that overview, Ocelot II. Even that high-level shows the complications.
erronis
Feb 2025
#30
Cheap land. Nobody want to live there because of the noise. And commercial spin-offs.
erronis
Feb 2025
#31
The video shows a massive disaster was avoided by no more than a couple of seconds.
flashman13
Feb 2025
#20
I have chills. The pilots on that Southwest plane are skilled and were heroes in this near miss.
AllyCat
Feb 2025
#27
Just imagine a drunk pilot like Pete Hesgeth was in charge of that SouthWest jet.
erronis
Feb 2025
#28