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The incident comes just two months after a midair collision above the same airport killed 67 people.
From The Associated Press
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating an incident in which four U.S. Air Force jets came close to a Delta Air Lines plane that was taking off from Ronald Reagan National Airport in Was...
From The New York Times
Air traffic controllers “issued corrective instructions to both aircraft,” according to the FAA, which intends to investigate.
From U.S. News & World Report

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