A Delta passenger beam had a close call with a US Air Force Jet near Reagan National Airport, just a few minutes after taking off.
The Delta flight, with 137 people on board, had just left for Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, when it received a report from a plane nearby.
Alarms went into the cockpit of the passenger flight because of how close the T-38 jet was.
Following data from Flighttradar 24 indicates that the jet flew along the Delta plane and the airport more than 350 miles per hour.
According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the military jet was in addition to 3 others in the area for a viaduct on Arlington National Cemetery.
In air traffic control chatter heard via Liveatc.net, a Delta pilot can be heard: “Was there a real plane about 500 feet among us?”.
An air traffic controller answers: 'affirmative'.
The narrow call happened just south of the airport and close to the place where an American Airlines -Jet collided in January with an army helicopter, killing 67 people.
The Delta flight, with 137 people on board, had just left for Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, when it received a report from a plane nearby
In a statement that was released on Friday, the FAA said they would investigate the almost -Miss.
'The Delta plane received a warning on board that there was another plane nearby. Air traffic controllers gave corrective instructions to both aircraft, “they said.
Delta said in a statement: 'Nothing is more important than the safety of our customers and people.
“We will collaborate with supervisors and stakeholders in aviation in every assessment of this flight.”
It comes after a hearing this week in which senators demanded why close phone calls between military aircraft and passenger flights were not checked at the airport.
That was at the back of a report from the National Transportation Safety Board
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