A Delta Air Lines flight had a close call on Friday with an American Air Force plane near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
CNN first pointed out the nearby call between the Airbus A319 which left Reagan and an Air Force T-38 plane, which is often used for training.
The plane was close enough for the alarms to take place in the Airbus cockpit, CNN reported.
Delta Flight 2983, intended for Minneapolis-St. Paul, was on a regularly scheduled route during the incident. He had two pilots, three flight crew members and 131 passengers on board, according to the airline.
He left at 2:55 p.m. and, during the incident, his traffic avoidance system started with the flight crew that has done what was formed, Delta said.
“Nothing is more important than the security of our customers and people,” Delta said in a statement. “This is why the driving crew followed the procedures to maneuver the plane as indicated.”
No injury has been reported.
“We will cooperate with the regulators and stakeholders of aviation in any examination of this flight,” said the airline.
According to Flight Tracker Flightaware, the Delta flight arrived at its door in Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Gate at 5:46 p.m., 10 minutes late after 20 minutes on a taxi route in Reagan National.
The Air Force did not immediately respond to a request for comments.
The incident has followed an unusual sequence of plants and aircraft impact since the start of the year, including the January 30 collision of an American Eagle flight from Kansas with an army helicopter on the Potomac river in Washington DC which killed 67 and caused restrictions on helicopters and military flights in the region.
Madison Lambert contributed.
