The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a near-miss collision between a private jet and a Southwest Airlines plane Tuesday morning in Chicago.

A Southwest Airlines flight that was landing in Chicago from Omaha, Nebraska nearly missed hitting a business jet on Tuesday morning.

A Southwest Airlines plane and a private jet experienced a close call at Chicago Midway International Airport on Tuesday morning in which the flight crew had to perform a go-around to prevent a potential incident. Southwest Flight 2504 landed safely at the Chicago airport after avoiding the other aircraft on the runway, according to Southwest.

A business jet appeared to misunderstand a cue to stop short of a runway as a Southwest Airlines flight narrowly averted its landing and lifted back up to the air, a Chicago-based pilot told Block Club.

Pilots on a Southwest Airlines flight attempting to land at Chicago’s Midway Airport were forced to make the plane climb suddenly to avoid another aircraft crossing the runway

Southwest Airlines flight 2504 narrowly missed colliding with a privately owned business jet that was taxiing across the runway upon which the airliner was to land at Chicago's Midway Airport.

A Southwest Airlines Co. plane narrowly avoided a possible collision with a smaller business jet on the runway of Chicago Midway International Airport on Tuesday morning, adding to a series of near misses and fatal crashes in recent weeks.