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.

An American Airlines flight was forced to abandon its landing attempt in order to avoid a second plane trying to take off from the same runway at Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C.

A flight landing at Reagan National Airport was aborted after the pilot spotted another plane preparing to take off on the same runway it was supposed to land