A passenger jet on approach to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport was forced to abort its landing over fears of a vehicle in its path. The incident comes at a fraught time for the capital’s central air terminus, which in January saw 67 people killed in a collision between a Black Hawk Helicopter and a PSA Airlines-operated American Airlines regional jet. The latest incident saw Detroit-originating, Republic Airways-operated American Airlines Flight 4528 have to go around at 7 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 8. It landed safely around 15 minutes later, but according to logs gathered and published by LiveATC.net, the pilot of Flight 4528 asked: “Tower, is there a vehicle on (runway) 33?” The control tower could then be heard responding, “Affirmative. Go around.” CNN reports that a vehicle was o
Passenger Jet Aborts Landing Over Scary Runway Incident

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