Two commercial flights were ordered to abort their landings at Reagan Washington National Airport on Thursday when a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter approached the area en route to the Pentagon Army Heliport.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a statement sent to NTD News, sister media of The Epoch Times, that air traffic controllers instructed Delta Air Lines Flight 1671, an Airbus A319 from Orlando, and Republic Airways Flight 5825, an Embraer 170 from Boston, to perform go-arounds at around 2:30 p.m. local time because of a nearby military air transport helicopter in the vicinity.
