An American Airlines flight en route from Boston to DC had to abort a landing at Reagan International Airport on Tuesday.
According to reports, the pilot decided to “perform a go-around maneuver” after he saw another plane on the runway at DCA.
A passenger described the incident to Boston 25 News.
“It was scary as we were approaching landing, over the Potomac, I could see the runway. I heard the wheels coming down, and then suddenly the plane accelerated going up,” A passenger aboard American Airlines Flight 2246 told Boston 25 News. “The plane ascended. A minute later, the pilot got on the speaker and said, ‘Another plane was approaching, so we had to change course abruptly, and out of an abundance of caution, we had to re-route.’”
Separately on Tuesday, a flight landing at Chicago’s Midway had to abort a landing to avoid colliding with a private jet taxiing on the runway.
Fox News reported:
An American Airlines jet aborted a landing at Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., to avoid a collision with another plane on Tuesday morning, aviation officials said.
The flight was making its final descent at 8:20 a.m. ET when the pilot saw another plane preparing to take off from the runway and made the quick decision to perform a go-around maneuver, in which the pilot pulled up and ascended toward the skies, to avoid the other aircraft, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
The FAA said the maneuver was made to “ensure separation was maintained between this aircraft and a preceding departure from the same runway.”
American Airlines told Fox News Digital in a statement that the flight “landed safely and normally at DCA after it was instructed by Air Traffic Control to complete a standard go-around to allow another aircraft more time for takeoff.”
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