A SOUTHWEST jet and a private plane have narrowly avoided a collision after a month of air disasters.
The two aircraft had a close call on a runway at the Chicago Midway Airport on Tuesday.
Footage from the airport showed the moment the two planes came near each other as the Southwest plane prepared to land.
As the blue passenger plane inched toward the runway, the private plane slowly moved across its travel path.
At the last minute, the Southwest jet veered back up into the sky.
Air traffic control audio captured the controller's reaction to the close call.
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"How'd that happen?" the air traffic controller said.
The flight landed safely at the airport after avoiding the other aircraft, according to FlightAware.
Southwest Airlines hasn't responded to The U.S. Sun's request for comment.
Social media users shared their shocked reactions to the incident.
"That could have been a tragic disaster. Somebody needs to be fired," one X user wrote.
"This is getting out of hand," another noted.
It comes just one day after terrified Delta passengers had to evacuate on an emergency slide upon landing after the plane filled with smoke.
The close calls come after a series of plane disasters have raised concerns about air travel.
On January 29, a military helicopter and an American Airlines plane collided in mid-air near the Washington DC airport, killing 67 people.
Just days later, an air ambulance crashed onto a Philadelphia street, killing seven people in total.
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