An American Airlines flight was forced to abort its landing at Washington DC’s Ronald Reagan National Airport to avoid a plane taking off on the same runway — less than a month after a midair collision killed 67 people near the same airport.

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.

American Airlines flight forced to abort landing at DC airport to avoid another plane - The plane was forced to perform a go-around to avoid another aircraft departing the same runway