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Two planes narrowly avoided each other on the runway at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday, according to an air traffic audio recording, the second such near miss at the airport in six weeks. The Federal Aviation Administration said it will investigate into how American Airlines flight 2134 was cleared for takeoff at about 10:20 a.m. on Tuesday, while another plane had already been cleared to land on a cross-runway.
com, a flight controller is heard to say: 'American 2134 cancel takeoff clearance,' before telling the other plane not to land and instead circle the airport waiting for clearance. 'Zero Alpha Alpha, go around, go around!' the controller says. The pilot from the second plane replies: 'And Aero Alpha Alpha cannot go around, we were already on the ground.' The controller then tells AA2134 to exit the runway to be 'resequenced' or head back to the gate.
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