Taxi on the Delta air plane to its gate at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after landing on January 30 in Armington, Virginia.
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Federal aviation officials are investigating a close call between a passenger plane and the Air Force plane outside Washington, DC, which caused a collision warning and “corrective instructions” from air traffic monitors. The accident came nearly two months after a fatal collision at the same airport between a plane and an army helicopter.
The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement that the last incident, on Friday afternoon, occurred, while four of the disappearance of the US Air Force T-38 on their way to the Armington National Cemetery in northern Virginia for a bridge. T-38 Talon is a two-seat transnational plane used to train pilots, According to the Air Force.
At approximately 3:15 pm local time, Delta took off with a trip 2983, heading to Minyabolis, from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Soon after, an alert came out inside the cockpit of the passenger plane, indicating that another plane was close, said the Federal Aviation Administration. In response, air traffic monitors issued “corrective instructions” for both planes.
The Federal Aviation Administration said it would investigate the accident. Delta said that the flight crew correctly follow instructions for traffic alert TCAS. The airline said it will cooperate with the organizers to review the accident.
“There is nothing more important than the safety of our customers and people,” Delta said in a statement. The Air Force did not immediately respond to the request to comment.
This incident comes nearly two months after an American aircraft and Black Hawk helicopter in the army, which collided outside the DCA airport, killing 67 people. In response, the Federal Aviation Administration announced that it will be largely limited to helicopters near the airport.
Earlier this month, At a press conference, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of National Transport Safety Jennifer Humandi described flying patterns on DCA “an inner risk”, noting how helicopters and commercial aircraft work at short distances for each other in a already crowded air field.
the First NTSB report In the deadly accident, it was found that, between October 2021 and December 2024, there were more than 15,000 close calls between commercial aircraft and helicopters, or when two aircraft less than 6100 feet were separated by side and less than 400 feet vertical.
During the three -year period, there were 85 recorded accidents as they were separate from 1500 horizontal feet and less than 200 feet vertically.
Flightradar24 data tracking on Friday showed that there was a short moment when both the Delta and the military plane flying over the same area of the Botomac River near the Potomac court in Alexandria. Two pilots, three flying civilizations and 131 passengers were in the Airbus A319 Delta.
according to CNNWhich first reported the accident and pointed to LiveATC.NET, one of the Delta pilots asked air traffic on Friday, “At this departure … Was there an actual plane about 500 feet below us when we got out of DCA?”
On Friday night, Democratic Senator Amy Klopochar of Minnesota said the accident was “incredibly dangerous,” adding that she plans to reach the Pentagon.
“The first invitation to the Ministry of Defense tomorrow: Why do your planes fly 500 feet under the passenger planes full of DCA to my state?” Books on x.