Collision warning sounds in cockpit of Delta plane due to close call with Air Force jet near Reagan National Airport

[riversedge]

Source: cnn





By Alexandra Skores and Aaron Cooper, Updated 12:17 AM EDT, Sat March 29, 2025




A close call between a Delta Air Lines Airbus A319 taking off from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and a US Air Force T-38 jet, often used by the military for training, sounded alarms in the cockpit of the passenger plane Friday.

Delta 2983 was departing Reagan Airport around 3:15 p.m. and heading to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport for a regularly scheduled flight.

Delta did not identify the other jet involved, but a review of tracking data from FlightRadar24 shows an Air Force T-38 jet flying past the Delta plane and DCA airport going more than 350 miles per hour at 800 feet. The military jet took off and landed at Langley Air Force Base, in Hampton, Virginia. .......................................
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The pilot also noted they received a warning in the cockpit, called a “resolution advisory” from the plane’s Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System. The system tells a pilot what to do to avoid a collision. .................







Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/28/us/delta-military-jet-close-call-dca

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Too close for comfort.


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Flight tracking data and icons, added by CNN, show the approximate positions of a Delta plane taking off and a T-38 military jet approaching Ronald Reagan National Airport, outside of Washington, DC, on Friday, March 28, 2025.

[James48]

1. Violates speed limit too.

Less than 10,000 feet, the speed limit is 250. If he was going 350, he’s wrong.

[tonekat]

2. That was one of the Arlington Flyovers

They do these flyovers frequently, first time I ever heard of this sort of conflict happening, but not surprised.