An American Airways flight from Boston aborted its touchdown at Reagan Nationwide Airport in Washington, D.C. Tuesday morning to keep away from one other airplane that was taking off on the identical runway, authorities mentioned.
The Federal Aviation Administration mentioned the incident occurred at about 8:20 a.m.
“An air site visitors controller instructed American Flight 2246 to carry out a go-around at Ronald Reagan Washington Nationwide (DCA) Airport to make sure separation was maintained between this plane and a previous departure from the identical runway,” the FAA mentioned in a press release.
American Airways described the maneuver to CBS Information as a regular go-around.
One passenger who lives in Boston advised The New York Occasions he was already nervous about flying to the D.C. airport due to the lethal airplane crash in January involving a Black Hawk helicopter that killed 67 individuals.
“There was nothing gradual about it,” Itai Vardi advised the newspaper in regards to the aborted touchdown. “It felt just like the pilot needed to make an emergency maneuver.”
Southwest flight shut name in Chicago
Simply 90 minutes after the incident in D.C., a Southwest Airways flight needed to abort its touchdown in Chicago after a shut name at Halfway Worldwide Airport.
Video confirmed Flight 2504 from Omaha was about to land when a non-public enterprise jet started taxiing throughout the runway. The Southwest airplane instantly began climbing and flew 250 toes over the non-public jet, in line with preliminary flight knowledge.
Southwest advised CBS Information that its crew on board the Boeing 737 Max8 carried out a “precautionary go-around to keep away from a potential battle with one other plane that entered the runway.”
