Delta Flight Nearly Collides With Air Force Jet: What To Know | News World

A Delta Air Lines jet narrowly avoided a midair collision with a U.S. Air Force T-38 military aircraft on Friday.

Why It Matters

The incident took place just miles from Ronald Reagan Airport (DCA) in Washington D.C., where a deadly plane crash in January claimed 67 lives.

What To Know

Delta Flight 2983, an Airbus A319 bound for Minneapolis-St. Paul, had just taken off from DCA at around 3:15 p.m. when the Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System, a cockpit warning system designed to prevent midair collisions, issued a “resolution advisory” to signal that the plane was on a potential collision course with another aircraft.

A resolution advisory is a high-level warning that instructs pilots to take immediate action—such as climbing or descending—to avoid a crash.

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