An American Airlines flight from Boston was forced to abort its landing at Reagan Washington National Airport to avoid a plane that was departing on the same runway, officials said. The close call involving American Flight 2246 out of Logan International Aiport happened around 8:20 a.

An American Airlines flight from Boston aborted its landing in Washington, D.C. Tuesday to avoid another plane.

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