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Flights to Reagan National Airport in D.C. receive false collision alerts while landing


The FAA said that several flight crews inbound to the Reagan National Airport reported onboard alerts when no other aircraft were nearby.

FAA investigating false collision alerts at Reagan National Airport01:40 The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after several airliners on approach to land at Washington Reagan National Airport Saturday morning received what appear to be false alarms from their onboard Traffic Collision Avoidance System. "Yeah, we got a little something there," the pilots of American Eagle flight 4538, also operated by Republic, from New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport said after they received a similar alarm on Saturday morning. The incidents unfolded amid heightened scrutiny at Reagan National Airport after January's deadly crash between a Black Hawk and a regional aircraft.

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