An American Airlines plane arriving at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport aborted its landing and performed a go-around to avoid another aircraft taking off on the same runway.

The incident occurred around 8:20 a.m. EST Tuesday and follows the deadly collision between an American Airlines jet and a U.S. military helicopter at the same airport.

From the Associated Press:

The maneuver involving American Flight 2246 from Boston occurred around 8:20 a.m. Tuesday, less than two hours before another plane attempting to land at Chicago’s Midway Airport was forced to climb back into the sky to avoid another aircraft crossing the runway. Southwest said Flight 2504 from Omaha, Nebraska, safely landed “after the crew performed a precautionary go-around to avoid a possible conflict with another aircraft that entered the runway,” an airline spokesperson said in an email. “The crew followed safety procedures and the flight landed without incident.”

The American flight “landed safely and normally” at National Airport after air traffic control instructed pilots to complete a go-around “to allow another aircraft more time for takeoff,” American Airlines said in a statement.

“American has a no-fault go-around policy as a go-around is not an abnormal flight maneuver and can occur nearly every day in the National Airspace System,” the airline said. “It’s a tool in both the pilot’s and air traffic controller’s toolbox to help maintain safe and efficient flight operations.”

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The past few weeks have seen four major aviation disasters in North America. They include the Feb. 6 crash of a commuter plane in Alaska that killed all 10 people on board and the Jan. 26 midair collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines flight at National Airport that killed all 67 aboard the two aircraft.

Video footage captured the near-miss moment between the Southwest Airlines plane and a private jet.

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Per CNN:

Air traffic control instructed the American Airlines flight to perform a go-around to “ensure separation was maintained between this aircraft and a preceding departure from the same runway,” the FAA told CNN.

A go-around is a routine maneuver that allows an aircraft to safely make an alternate landing “at the discretion of a pilot or at the request of an air traffic controller,” the FAA said.

“There was nothing gradual about it. It felt like the pilot had to make an emergency maneuver,” passenger Itai Vardi told The New York Times.

“American 2246, just go around. Turn right heading at 250, climb maintain 3,000,” an air traffic controller is heard telling the American Airlines plane, according to audio from LiveATC.net.

The National Transportation Safety Board did not immediately respond to CNN’s request for comment. The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority directed questions to the airline.

“It was a standard go around, nothing out of the usual,” the airline told CNN.

Experts and lawmakers have raised concerns about the crowded airspace above the Washington region, with tight security measures in place, military and government helicopters regularly flying through and flights taking off at Reagan National Airport, which boasts the busiest runway in the country.

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