The Delta Air Lines and Air Force Jet plane have a quasi-manca incident at DC

A Delta Air Lines flight and an American Air Force plane had a quasi-manquer near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, just two months after an outdoor collision near the same airport killed more than 60 people.

The incident occurred on Friday March 28 at 3:16 p.m. when the Delta 2983 flight, an Airbus A319, had just received a count.

At the same time, four American Air Force T-38 greenhouses have entered the Arlington National Cemetery for an overview. T-38 Talon is a two-seater supersonic jet used to form pilots.

According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the Delta driver received an on -board alert that another plane was nearby. Air traffic controllers quickly emitted corrective instructions to both planes, preventing a collision. The FAA launched an investigation.

Flight monitoring images and audio communications, shared by Vasaviation on YouTube, show how close the two planes are. The two flights continued towards their destinations without further incident.

“Nothing is more important than the security of our customers and our people. This is why the driving crew followed the procedures to maneuver the plane, as indicated,” Delta spokesman for Business Insider told.

The almost manque incident came almost exactly two months after a American Airlines flight collided with a Black Hawk helicopter near the same airport, killing 67 people.

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, located just outside Washington, DC, is home to the country’s busiest track, with more than 800 takeoffs and landings per day.

The airport is closest to the three airports in the city region, about 3 miles south of the White House. Its proximity to Capitol Hill makes it a favorite of the legislators.

Military helicopters also fly frequently low on the neighboring Potomac river, passing between the nearby military bases and the Pentagon, about one mile north of the airport.

Flying in and out of Reagan airport, with short tracks and a very limited airspace nearby, is “as a needle,” said a driver at Business Insider.

After the January incident, Brian Alexander, a military helicopter pilot and a partner of the Kreindler & Kreindler aviation law firm, told BI that a shortage of air traffic controllers and increasing congestion of aerial space had affected security.

“Our air traffic control system has made it flash in red, shouting on us that we overloaded it,” he said at the time.

More broadly, congestion of air traffic has become an increasing concern. According to a January report of the National Transportation Safety Board, there were more than 15,000 close calls between commercial aircraft and helicopters from October 2021 to December 2024.