The FAA has launched a probe into why flights approaching the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport received erroneous alerts of other aircraft in the area.

In recent weeks, four major air disasters have occurred in North America. An American Airlines plane arriving at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport interrupted its landing and made a turn on instructions from an air traffic controller to avoid getting too close to another aircraft taking off from the same runway,

An American Airlines plane arriving at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport discontinued its landing, performing a go-around at an air traffic controller's instruction to avoid getting too close to another aircraft departing from the same runway,

An American Airlines flight arriving at Reagan National Airport aborted its landing to avoid hitting an aircraft on the same runway Tuesday.

An American Airlines flight arriving at Ronald Reagan National Airport was forced to abandon its landing to avoid another aircraft Tuesday, the New York Times reported, less than a month after a midair collision killed 67 people near the same airport and roughly 90 minutes before another close call between a passenger plane and a private jet in Chicago.

The Washington Capitals and Tampa Bay Lightning honored the victims of the Flight 5342 crash during their game on Saturday afternoon. Both teams wore a decal honoring those affected by the tragedy, and the Capitals will be hosting "Legacy on Ice" to benefit the victims' families on Sunday.

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