New York Times: American Airlines flight forced to cancel landing at Reagan National Airport to avoid another plane
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An American Airlines flight arriving at Ronald Reagan National Airport was forced to abandon its landing to avoid another aircraft Tuesday, the New York Times reported, less than a month after a midair collision killed 67 people near the same airport and roughly 90 minutes before another close call between a passenger plane and a private jet in Chicago.
An American Airlines flight arriving at Ronald Reagan National Airport was forced to abandon its landing to avoid another aircraft Tuesday, the New York Times reported, less than a month after a midair collision killed 67 people near the same airport and roughly 90 minutes before another close call between a passenger plane and a private jet in Chicago. The close calls come as officials are investigating a string of safety incidents in recent weeks, including the deadly midair collision over the Potomac River, a Medevac jet crash in Philadelphia and a regional airline crash off the coast of Nome, Alaska, that killed 10 people. And last week, a Delta plane crashed while landing in Toronto, flipping upside-down as a wing – engulfed in flames – broke away from the fuselage. All 80 people on board survived. The Tuesday incident at the Washington, DC, airport happened around 8:20 a.m. as American Airlines flight 2246, en route from Boston, was preparing to land, the Times reported. Air traffic control instructed the American Airlines flight to cancel its landing to “ensure separation was maintained between this aircraft and a preceding departure from the same runway,” the FAA said in a statement to the Times. The flight eventually landed safety, the report said. “There was nothing gradual about it. It felt like the pilot had to make an emergency maneuver,” passenger Itai Vardi told the Times. “American 2246, just go around. Turn right heading at 250, climb maintain 3000,” an air traffic controller is heard telling the American Airlines plane, according to audio from LiveATC.net.
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