The crew of a private jet is to blame for what was almost a collision between the jet and a Southwest Airlines flight on Tuesday morning at Chicago Midway Airport, a head official for the National Transportation Safety Board confirmed.

During an interview with "Fox & Friends" on Wednesday morning, NTSB chair Jennifer Homendy said the crew of the Flexjet was told by air traffic controllers to "line up and wait and hold short of runway 31C, which Southwest was landing on, and they failed to do so."

The Flexjet, which was headed to Knoxville, Tennessee, entered the runway "without authorization," the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement. The FAA said it's investigating the incident, which occurred around 8:50 a.m. on Tuesday.

Southwest Flight 2504, coming from Omaha, Nebraska, landed safely at the Chicago airport after the crew performed a precautionary "go-around" to avoid a possible conflict with the jet that entered the runway, the airline said in a statement . Southwest said the flight landed without incident.

A video posted to the X account Airport Webcams showed the Southwest flight preparing to land on a Midway Airport runway. Just before touching down, the plane can be seen lifting back up into the air as the jet crosses the runway.

Homendy said the NTSB will also investigate to determine whether to take any punitive action against the Flexjet crew.

"There's a lot of information we still have to collect. We want to know what was going on in the cockpit of that airplane," Homendy said during her interview on Wednesday. "We will collect air traffic control communications. We have asked for the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from Flexjet. We've also asked for the flight data recorder from Southwest."

In a statement obtained by USA TODAY, a FlexJet spokesperson said, "We are aware of the occurrence today in Chicago. Flexjet adheres to the highest safety standards and we are conducting a thorough investigation. Any action to rectify and ensure the highest safety standards will be taken."

A live air traffic control broadcast shows that, before entering the runway, the Flexjet crew was told by the ground air traffic controller to "turn left on runway four-left, cross runway three-one left and hold short runway three-one center," according to the broadcast obtained by Reuters.

After being told by air traffic controllers to "hold short of runway," the Flexjet ultimately proceeds onto the airstrip prompting the Southwest Airlines flight to go around it, the broadcast indicates.

"Flexjet 560 possible pilot deviation. Advise you to contact Midway tower at the number when you're ready to copy," a ground air traffic controller is heard saying in the broadcast.

After barely avoiding the business jet, the Southwest Airlines crew even asks, "How'd that happen?"

Tuesday's near-miss comes after multiple deadly crashes in recent weeks. On Jan. 29, American Airlines Flight 5342 collided with an Army helicopter above Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C., killing 67. Two days later, a small medical jet carrying a child patient crashed into a Philadelphia neighborhood; seven people died, including all six on board the plane and another in a car on the ground.

Ten people died in a small plane crash in Alaska on Feb. 6 , and, on Feb. 10, one person died and four were injured after two private jets collided at Scottsdale Airport in Arizona .