Kite, United and Reagan National Airport
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The Delta flight "received an onboard alert that another aircraft was nearby," and "air traffic controllers issued corrective instructions to both aircraft," the FAA said.
From CBS News
A U.S. passenger flight preparing to leave the nation's capital and an incoming military jet received instructions to divert and prevent a possible collision, officials said.
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Air traffic controllers “issued corrective instructions to both aircraft,” according to the FAA, which intends to investigate.
From U.S. News & World Report
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U.S. Bank exec believed to been killed in MN plane crash
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The plane originally departed from the Des Moines International Airport in Iowa that morning.
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The plane had taken off around 1220 local time (1720 BST) before crashing in a residential area of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
From BBC
A small plane traveling from Iowa to Minnesota crashed Saturday in a residential area of a Minneapolis suburb, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
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A Delta Air Lines flight had a reported close call with a U.S. Air Force jet near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, close call that comes months after a deadly crash nearby.
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Investigators sift through the wreckage of a plane that departed from Des Moines and crashed in a Minneapolis suburb.
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.
A plane that left from Des Moines International Airport in Iowa crashed just north of the twin cities in Minnesota. No one aboard the plane survived.
A United Airlines flight hit a kite while landing at Washington's Reagan National Airport on Saturday afternoon — months after a deadly collision at the same airport killed 67 people.
A United flight from Houston appeared to have struck a kite while landing at Washington Reagan National Airport on Saturday.
A Delta Air Lines flight had a reported close call Friday with a U.S. Air Force jet near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. CNN first reported the close call between the Airbus A319 that was departing Reagan and an Air Force T-38 jet,
Air traffic controllers “issued corrective instructions to both aircraft,” according to the FAA. The incident comes just two months after a midair collision above the same airport killed 67 people.