What happened at Southwest Airlines? Here's what went wrong with Flight 1243 at Chicago’s Midway International Airport

Southwest Airlines Flight 1243 required towing to the gate on Monday morning after its arrival at Chicago’s Midway International Airport from Fort Myers, Florida.

Southwest Airlines Flight 1243 was towed to the gate at Chicago’s Midway Airport post-arrival from Fort Myers due to tire malfunctions. (AP)

According to an airline representative, both nose gear tires experienced a loss of air pressure during landing and needed to be replaced by mechanics. SkyCam 9 captured footage of the situation at Midway on Monday morning.

According to the real-time dashboard provided by FlyChicago.com, there were no cancellations noted and average delays at Midway were below 15 minutes as of shortly after 8:30 a.m. on Monday, implying that everything is functioning as expected.