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A Southwest Airlines plane and a private jet that entered the runway without authorisation experienced a close call at Chicago Midway International Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration said. Southwest Flight 2504 landed safely at the Chicago airport after the flight crew had to perform a go-around to prevent a potential incident on Tuesday morning, according to Southwest. The FAA is investigating the incident, which took place at around 8.50am local time. The close call comes as the National Transportation Safety Board and the FAA are investigating a string of safety incidents in recent weeks, including the deadly midair collision over the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, a Medevac jet crash in Philadelphia and a deadly regional airline crash off the coast of Nome, Alaska. In the Chicago incident, the Southwest plane was arriving from Omaha, Nebraska, and the private jet, a Bombardier Challenger 350, was headed to Knoxville, Tennessee, according to FlightRadar24. Air traffic control instructed the private jet to turn left on "Runway 4L, cross Runway 31L and hold short of Runway 31C," according to audio from LiveATC.net. The pilot replies saying, "Alright, left on 2 – uh – 4L, cross the 22, or 13C, Flexjet 560." Then the air traffic controller on the ground immediately replies to the pilot, "Flexjet 560, negative! Cross 31L, hold short Runway 31C."

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The Avtek 400A was an American prototype turboprop-powered business aircraft, which was developed in the early 1980s. Its configuration was unusual and distinctive : a low-wing monoplane with two pusher engines mounted above the wings, and a large canard mounted atop the forward fuselage. The aircraft's sleek, futuristic design earned it a guest appearance on the Airwolf TV series as the X-400, which was used by the villain, Lou Stappleford in the Eagles episode. The Avtek's structure made extensive use of advanced composite materials throughout. In 1998, Avtek declared bankruptcy without the prototype having completed the testing required for US FAA type certification. The company's assets were purchased by AvtekAir, who as of 2004 planned to revive the project under the designation AvtekAir 9000T.

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One owned by actor Vince Vaughan, the Learjet by Motley Crue singer Vince Neil. Learjet pilot died.

Cirrus Tells Owners Not To Use Unleaded Fuel WWW.AVWEB.COM Cirrus is concerned G100UL may cause structural damage to its airplanes.

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Black Hawk helicopter's shocking aviation blunder moments before crashing into plane in DC is confirmed in new NTSB report | Daily Mail Online WWW.DAILYMAIL.CO.UK Questions had been raised about how the collision - which killed all 67 people involved - occurred, given pilots follow strict protocol about the altitudes they can safely reach.

The Bering Air Caravan plane was reported 'overdue' when it failed to arrive in Nome about 4pm local time. It was traveling from Unalakleet with nine passengers and one pilot on board. Crews are frantically working to establish the plane's last coordinates, but weather conditions in the area are so poor that it has limited the ability to launch an air search. Bering Air flight carrying 10 people vanishes while flying over Alaska | Daily Mail Online WWW.DAILYMAIL.CO.UK A flight with 10 people on board has vanished over Alaska, sparking a frantic search.

The wing of a taxying JAL aircraft sliced into the rudder of a Delta jet at Seattle airport. https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/two-planes-collide-at-major-us-airport/news-story/2613004864bf1d10c826695de5df745e

The Dominion Skytrader was a Canadian prototype STOL utility aircraft, originally designed by the Dominion Aircraft Corporation in Vancouver, British Columbia, but built in the United States in the early 1970s. Attempts to market the aircraft continued until the late 1980s, but proved fruitless. The Skytrader was a conventional high-wing, strut-braced monoplane with fixed tricycle undercarriage. The design was optimised for easy freight handling and featured a fuselage of rectangular cross-section with large loading doors to the side and a loading ramp at the rear. The aircraft's tail unit was angled upwards from the rear fuselage to facilitate loading operations beneath it, and the main undercarriage was fitted in sponsons on the fuselage sides so as not to intrude into the internal cargo volume. Passenger, freight, executive transport, and water-bomber versions were projected. As of 2007, the prototype lay derelict, with engines stripped, at Washington County Regional Airport, in Hagerstown, Maryland.

MSN WWW.MSN.COM Typical Trump response above. I haven't been through all the detail reported here, but could it be as simple as the wrong QNH set on the helicopter that had it at the wrong altitude?

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This appeared on my Facebook today.

It appears the original topic has been restored.

My sincere apologies to all. In trying to move the Learjet 55 story to a new topic, I seem to have deleted the original thread. I thought I followed Ian's directions correctly.

Further details on the Learjet 55 crash. The Federal Aviation Administration has confirmed that there were six people onboard the jet. In their initial statement, FAA had originally reported that there was only two people on board. The jet was operated by Jet Rescue Air Ambulance, and according to a statement from them was transporting a young girl who had been receiving treatment. Four crew members had been onboard the flight, alongside the young girl, who remains unknown, and her mother. They were travelling home to Tijuana, Mexico.

A second aircraft crash in America, A plane carrying two people has crashed in a residential area of Philadelphia, causing chaotic scenes on the ground. The plane, a Learjet 55, had been travelling to Springfield-Branson National Airport in Missouri after departing the Northeast Philadelphia Airport on Friday evening. After less than a minute in the air, the jet was caught on doorbell footage hurtling to the ground before exploding in a large fireball. Story with video here.

Chilling eight words heard on radio seconds after American Airlines plane crash Report here

The Auster B.4 was an unusual British development of the Auster family of light aircraft in an attempt to create a light cargo aircraft. The conventional fuselage was considerably redesigned, turning it into a pod-and-boom configuration carrying the tail unit on a high boom. The rear of the fuselage pod was equipped with clamshell doors for easy loading and unloading, and a quadricycle undercarriage was fitted, retaining the mainwheels from earlier Auster designs, but adding a tailwheel to each side of the fuselage pod. The fuselage floor had fittings for seats, cargo tie-downs, or litters for the air ambulance role. The prototype was exhibited at the Farnborough Air Show in September 1953. Although evaluated by the British Army in military markings, neither civil nor military orders ensued, and no examples were constructed beyond the single prototype.