Delta plane has near miss with Air Force jet at same D.C. airport where 67 died in midair collision

A Delta airlines plane carrying 136 passengers nearly collided with a military jet Friday afternoon outside the same D.C. airport where a mid-air collision killed 67 people in January.

The incident occurred on Friday afternoon as Delta Flight 2983, an Airbus A319 carrying 131 passengers and five crew members, prepared for takeoff from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Minneapolis-St. Paul .

Simultaneously, four Air Force T-38 Talon supersonic jet trainers were approaching the airport for a scheduled flyover of Arlington National Cemetery…

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