The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reported a near-miss between two aircraft at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) Friday. According to an FAA statement, a Delta flight was cleared for takeoff from DCA around 3:15 p.

A Delta Air Lines flight departing Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C., experienced a close call with an Air Force jet just after takeoff Friday afternoon, authorities confirmed. Both flights ultimately continued to their destinations without incident.

The head of the National Transportation Safety Board says if investigators were able to quickly find alarming data about the number of close calls in the years before the fatal midair collision over the nation’s capital in January,

U.S. senators on Thursday criticized the Federal Aviation Administration for failing to act for years to address helicopters in "dangerous proximity" to commercial airplanes near Reagan Washington National Airport.