by Guido Peluffo
Wed, February 26th 2025 at 10:40 PM
Updated Wed, February 26th 2025 at 11:13 PM
FILE – Flight taking off at DCA/Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Oct. 18, 2024, in Arlington, Va. (7News)
WASHINGTON (7News) — An American Airlines flight aborted a landing Tuesday morning after the pilot saw a plane preparing to take off on the same runway it was supposed to land on at Reagan National Airport, according to a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) statement.
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The plane was coming in to land at 8:20 a.m., and the pilot decided to perform a go-around, a routine maneuver in which the airplane ascended again to make another approach to land. According to the FAA, the go-around was performed to “ensure separation was maintained between this aircraft and a preceding departure from the same runway.”
Less than two hours later, a Southwest Airlines flight avoided a collision with a jet crossing the runway at Chicago Midway International Airport. The FAA is now investigating the Chicago incident.
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