The second near miss in six weeks at Washington Reagan National Airport heightened concerns among critics of an expansion of flights in and out of the airport.
Tails of American Airline planes are seen as the planes sit parked at gates at Reagan National Airport. An American Airlines passenger plane was forced to abort its takeoff from Arlington’s Reagan National Airport on Wednesday because it risked colliding with a private jet landing at the same time, according to flight data and federal aviation authorities.
It was the second near miss at National in six weeks. On April 18, an air traffic controller instructed a Southwest pilot toVirginia’s U.S. senators had argued that the April incident was “a flashing red warning light that this airport is overburdened” and said adding five round-trip flights later this year risked “the safety of the 25 million people who fly through DCA every year.”
The agency did not answer questions about whether the pair of incidents point to broader safety concerns at the airport or whether the new aviation law could compound any safety issues.nationally and have fallen by 33 percent so far this fiscal year compared with last year, citing its work to improve technology, coordination and training.“Aviation is the safest way to travel and that’s because we never take anything for granted,” the agency said in a statement.
On Wednesday, American Airlines Flight 2134 had accelerated to 89 knots as a Hawker Beechcraft turboprop plane was coming in for landing, according to data from the aircraft location tracking platform ADS-B Exchange. By the time the small plane was directly in front of the passenger jet at the intersection of the two runways, the American plane had managed to sharply reduce its speed, according to the data.
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