A Southwest Airlines flight narrowly avoided disaster at Chicago Midway Airport when it was forced to abort its landing after a private jet entered the runway without authorisation. The incident occurred on Tuesday morning when Flight 2504 was moments from touchdown.

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — An American Airlines plane arriving at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport discontinued its landing, performing a go-around at an air traffic controller’s instruction to avoid getting too close to another aircraft departing from the same runway, the Federal Aviation Administration said.