ARLINGTON, Va.—An American Airlines plane arriving at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport discontinued its landing, performing a go-around at an air traffic controller’s instruction to avoid getting too close to another aircraft departing from the same runway, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
The maneuver involving American Flight 2246 from Boston happened about 8:20 a.m. Tuesday, less than two hours before Southwest Flight 2504 from Omaha, Nebraska, attempting to land at Chicago’s Midway Airport, was forced to climb back into the sky to avoid another aircraft crossing the runway.
