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The kite reportedly hit a United flight near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Saturday afternoon — the latest incident in a series of aviation crises over the past few months
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The incident comes almost exactly two months after the mid-air collision near the same airport that killed 67 people.
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Air traffic controllers “issued corrective instructions to both aircraft,” according to the FAA. The incident comes just two months after a midair collision above the same airport killed 67 people.
A Delta Air Lines flight had a reported close call with a U.S. Air Force jet near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, close call that comes months after a deadly crash nearby.
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Boing Boing on MSNDelta plane and in another near miss in Washington, DCA Delta jet taking off from Ronald Reagan National Airport on Friday had a close call just two months after the fatal crash of a passenger jet and a military helicopter. The commercial airliner had a TCAS (Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System) warning upon takeoff on Friday,
A close call between a Delta Air Lines Airbus A319 taking off from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and a US Air Force T-38 jet, often used by the military for training, sounded alarms in the cockpit of the passenger plane Friday.
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DC News Now on MSNFAA reports near-miss at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport involving Delta plane, Air Force TalonThe Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reported a near-miss between two aircraft at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) Friday. According to an FAA statement, a Delta flight was cleared for takeoff from DCA around 3:15 p.
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