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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
World
Maya Yang

Federal authorities investigate near-collision of two planes at Virginia airport

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The American Airlines plane had been traveling up to 100mph when it was ordered to break immediately. Photograph: Daniel Slim/AFP/Getty Images

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating an incident at Ronald Reagan Washington national airport in which a plane was forced to brake to narrowly avoid a collision with another plane, the second near-collision at the airport in less than two months.

At around 10.20am on Wednesday, Boston-bound American Airlines flight 2134, carrying approximately 100 passengers and crew, was cleared for takeoff and began to accelerate.

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