American Airlines Flight From Boston Aborts Landing In D.C. To Avoid Plane Crash

Another close call.

An American Airlines flight from Boston aborted its landing at Reagan National Airport in D.C. to avoid a potential plane crash.

The incident occurred at 8:20 a.m. on Tuesday.

The FAA reported in a statement, “An air traffic controller instructed American Flight 2246 to perform a go-around at Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA) Airport to ensure separation was maintained between this aircraft and a preceding departure from the same runway.”

American Airlines, in their press release, shared, “American has a no-fault go-around policy as a go-around is not an abnormal flight maneuver and can occur nearly every day in the National Airspace System.”

🚨Just in: American Airlines jet from Boston had to abort its landing at a D.C. airport to prevent a collision with a departing plane pic.twitter.com/eCToUYMyoI

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Check out what CBS reported:

An American Airlines flight from Boston aborted its landing at Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. Tuesday morning to avoid another plane that was taking off on the same runway, authorities said.

The Federal Aviation Administration said the incident happened at about 8:20 a.m.

“An air traffic controller instructed American Flight 2246 to perform a go-around at Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA) Airport to ensure separation was maintained between this aircraft and a preceding departure from the same runway,” the FAA said in a statement.

American Airlines said the flight landed “safely and normally” and described the maneuver to CBS News as a standard go-around to give the other plane more time for takeoff.

“American has a no-fault go-around policy as a go-around is not an abnormal flight maneuver and can occur nearly every day in the National Airspace System,” the airline said in a statement. “It’s a tool in both the pilot’s and air traffic controller’s toolbox to help maintain safe and efficient flight operations, and any assertion that flight 2246’s canceled approach was more than that is inaccurate.”

🚨 #BREAKING: American Airlines flight aborts landing at D.C. Reagan airport to avoid collision with plane on the same runway – NYP

FAA: “An air traffic controller instructed American Flight 2246 to perform a go-around at Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA) Airport to ensure… pic.twitter.com/o34DmZFZWq

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) February 26, 2025

NEW: Video of American Airlines Flight 2246 from Boston aborting its landing at Reagan National yesterday morning. In light of the tragic mid-air collision last month I understand why this was news but my experience living near the airport is that this occurs somewhat regularly.… https://t.co/M9iS36ZG6J pic.twitter.com/qzObij4HRw

— Dave Statter (@STATter911) February 26, 2025

Per AP:

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 occurred around 8:20 a.m. Tuesday, less than two hours before another plane attempting to land at Chicago’s Midway Airport was forced to climb back into the sky to avoid another aircraft crossing the runway. Southwest said Flight 2504 from Omaha, Nebraska, safely landed “after the crew performed a precautionary go-around to avoid a possible conflict with another aircraft that entered the runway,” an airline spokesperson said in an email. “The crew followed safety procedures and the flight landed without incident.”