<p>An American Airlines flight landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Tuesday was forced to abort its landing to avoid hitting another plane taking off on the same runway.</p>
<p>The Federal Aviation Administration said that the incident happened at around 8:20 a.m. EST.</p>
<p>&#8220;An air traffic controller instructed American Flight 2246 to perform a go-around at Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA) Airport to ensure separation was maintained between this aircraft and a preceding departure from the same runway,&#8221; the statement said.</p>
<p>The FAA said that a &#8220;go-around&#8221; maneuver is a &#8220;safe, routine maneuver performed at the discretion of a pilot or at the request of an air traffic controller.&#8221;</p>
<p>The maneuver aborts a landing and returns the aircraft to a position where it can make another approach to land.</p>
<p>&#8220;American has a no-fault go-around policy as a go-around is not an abnormal flight maneuver and can occur nearly every day in the National Airspace System,&#8221; American Airlines said in a statement. &#8220;It&#8217;s a tool in both the pilot&#8217;s and air traffic controller&#8217;s toolbox to help maintain safe and efficient flight operations, and any assertion that flight 2246&#8217;s canceled approach was more than that is inaccurate.&#8221;</p>
<p>The incident comes after a Southwest Airlines flight had a <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/25/us/chicago-midway-airport-near-miss-planes/index.html">very close call</a> on Tuesday morning at Chicago Midway International Airport.</p>
<p>Southwest Flight 2504 was touching down on the tarmac when a private jet taking off pulled out in front of the plane. The Southwest flight was forced to initiate a go-around, immediately taking off again to avoid a collision.</p>
<p>The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board launched an investigation into the incident, officials said.</p>
<p>&#8220;We don’t believe that this was an air traffic control issue,&#8221; TSB Chair Jennifer Homendy told <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/ntsb-blames-southwest-chicago-near-miss-flexjet-crew-failure-listen-air-traffic-control">Fox News</a>. &#8220;It appears this was a failure of the flight crew from Flexjet to listen and abide by the instructions of air traffic control.&#8221;</p>

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