An American Airlines flight arriving at Ronald Reagan National Airport was forced to abort its landing to avoid another aircraft Tuesday, officials said, less than a month after a midair collision killed 67 people near the same airport and roughly 90 minutes before a close call between a passenger plane and a private jet in Chicago.

The Federal Aviation Administration says an American Airlines plane arriving at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport discontinued its landing, performing a go-around to avoid getting too close to another aircraft departing from the same runway.

An American Airlines plane aborted its landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to avoid another aircraft departing on the same runway, the

An American Airlines plane descending towards the runway at Washington's Ronald Reagan National Airport had to abort its landing and veer off to

An American Airlines flight trying to land at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Tuesday had to do a go-around maneuver and abort its first landing to avoid a collision.

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The incident happened less than two hours before a similar event at Chicago's Midway Airport amid a spate of aviation disasters in North America.

The incident involving American Airlines flight 2246 from Boston happened around 8:20 a.m. Tuesday, nearly two hours before a Southwest Airlines flight in Chicago had to perform the same maneuver to avoid colliding with a private jet.