A Southwest flight had to pull up to avoid a crash seconds before touching down in Chicago.
The incident occurred on Tuesday, Feb. 25 at Chicago Midway International Airport, CNN reports. In the above video of the event, the aircraft can be seen making its final approach, its wheels nearly touching the tarmac, before suddenly accelerating back up into the sky.
The flight was forced to perform what’s called a go-around, in which it halts the landing process and loops the airport to make another attempt at landing. This can occur at various points in the landing procedure and occasionally will see the aircraft get very close to the runway before pulling back up into the air. The maneuver, which can look like a takeoff, is required if the conditions for landing are deemed unsafe by the pilot and Air Traffic Control. – Foreign Media
