Delta Air Lines, FAA and flight
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The Washington Post |
The Delta pilot said there was an aircraft 500 feet below the passenger jet after it took off from Reagan National Airport.
MPR News |
A U.S. passenger flight preparing to leave the nation's capital and an incoming military jet received instructions to divert and prevent a possible collision, officials said.
U.S. News & World Report |
Air traffic controllers “issued corrective instructions to both aircraft,” according to the FAA, which intends to investigate.
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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.
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.
A Delta Air Lines flight had a reported close call Friday with a U.S. Air Force jet near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. CNN first reported the close call between the Airbus A319 that was departing Reagan and an Air Force T-38 jet,