Transportation
NTSB Probing Aborted Landings at Reagan Due to Army Chopper
The air traffic control tower at the Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia.
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The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating aborted landings by two flights into Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport due to a nearby US Army Black Hawk helicopter that was traveling to the Pentagon.
Air traffic control instructed pilots on the two flights — one operated by Delta Air Lines Inc. and another by Republic Airways — to perform a common maneuver known as a go-around, in which flight crews terminate a landing attempt and climb back into the air, the NTSB said in a statement on Friday. The US Federal Aviation Administration is also investigating the incident.