A passenger jet on approach to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport was forced to abort its landing over fears of a vehicle in its path. The incident comes at a fraught time for the capital’s central air terminus, which in January saw 67 people killed in a collision between a Black Hawk Helicopter and a PSA Airlines-operated American Airlines regional jet. The latest incident saw Detroit-originating, Republic Airways-operated American Airlines Flight 4528 have to go around at 7 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 8. It landed safely around 15 minutes later, but according to logs gathered and published by LiveATC.net, the pilot of Flight 4528 asked: “Tower, is there a vehicle on (runway) 33?” The control tower could then be heard responding, “Affirmative. Go around.” CNN reports that a vehicle was on the runway, which was moved off within 12 seconds; however, by this point, the pilot had already begun back into the air. Data from Flightradar24 reports the jet was just 150 feet above the ground at the point it started to gain altitude.
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