Delta Plane Nearly Crashes into Air Force Jet at DCA After January Helicopter Collision
A Delta Air Lines plane nearly collided midair with a T-38 Air Force jet near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) on Friday in an incident that the FAA is investigating.
One hundred thirty-one passengers and five crew members were reportedly on board the flight to Minneapolis-St. Paul, as the four T-38 jets performed a flyover several miles from the airport at Arlington National Cemetery.
The near-collision occurred due to a “loss of separation,” meaning the aircraft were closer to each other than allowed by minimum safety standards.
Notably, this comes two months after an American Airlines flight collided with a military helicopter, claiming 67 lives at DCA.
The radical left is blaming President Trump for FAA staffing shortages and the January crash, as well as others that have occurred since. However, as The Gateway Pundit reported, under Biden, the FAA turned away 1,000 air traffic controller applicants because of Marxist DEI policies.
It would appear that incompetent DEI air traffic controllers could be to blame for allowing the passenger jet to depart during the Air Force flyover.
Per Fox:
Delta Air Lines Flight 2983, an Airbus A319 headed to Minneapolis-St. Paul (MSP), departed its DCA gate at 2:55 p.m. local time and was cleared for takeoff around 3:15 p.m., the FAA and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) told Fox News Digital.
Meanwhile, four U.S. Air Force T-38 Talons were inbound to Arlington National Cemetery for a flyover, according to the FAA and U.S. Air Force.
The Delta aircraft received an "onboard alert" that another aircraft was nearby, and air traffic controllers issued corrective instructions to both aircraft, according to the FAA.
The NTSB said it was aware of "a loss of separation" between Delta flight 2983 and other aircraft, shortly after takeoff from DCA.
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