An American Airlines flight arriving at Ronald Reagan National Airport was forced to abort its landing to avoid another aircraft Tuesday, officials said, less than a month after a midair collision killed 67 people near the same airport and roughly 90 minutes before a close call between a passenger plane and a private jet in Chicago.

The Federal Aviation Administration says an American Airlines plane arriving at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport discontinued its landing, performing a go-around to avoid getting too close to

An American Airlines flight from Boston aborted its landing in Washington, D.C. Tuesday to avoid another plane.

The incident happened less than two hours before a similar event at Chicago's Midway Airport amid a spate of aviation disasters in North America.

An American Airlines jet avoided a collision with another plane while preparing to land at Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday morning.

An American Airlines plane was forced to delay its landing on Tuesday to avoid colliding with another plane that was taking off from the same runway. The Airbus A319 was arriving at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington,