The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) revealed that sun glare may have been a contributing factor to the incident with a Southwest Airlines jet at Chicago Midway International Airport.

Sun glare may have been a contributing factor in the recent near miss involving a Southwest Airlines jet at Chicago Midway International Airport, according to a preliminary report by the NTSB.

CHICAGO – The National Transportation Safety Board has released its preliminary report on the near-miss at Midway Airport on Tuesday, Feb. 25. A Southwest Airlines plane that originated from ...

Sunlight partly to blame for near-collision at Midway Airport, NTSB says A Flexjet pilot taxiing for takeoff Feb. 25 was blinded by sunlight and became disoriented, confusing one runway for ...

The close call between a Southwest Airlines plan and a private business jet at Chicago Midway Airport was at least partially caused by sun blindness, the NTSB said in a new report.

Still image from video taken by StreamTimeLive shows a Southwest Airlines flight aborting its landing at Chicago's Midway Airport to avoid a private jet taxiing across the runway, Feb. 25, 2025 ...

WASHINGTON — Nearly a month after the devastating mid-air collision near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) that claimed 67 lives, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is under ...

CHICAGO — A Southwest Airlines plane and a jet experienced a near-miss that was caught on camera at Chicago’s Midway International Airport Tuesday.The incident happened around 8:50 a.m. local ...