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.

A U.S. passenger flight preparing to leave the nation's capital and an incoming military jet received instructions to divert and prevent a possible collision, officials said. Delta Air Lines Flight 2983 was cleared for takeoff at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Friday around 3:15 p.

The passenger jet was cleared for takeoff on Friday afternoon while four T-38 Talons were inbound to Arlington National Cemetery for a flyover.

A near-miss between a Delta Air Lines passenger jet and a formation of US Air Force training jets over Washington DC has prompted an investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The incident occurred on Friday afternoon as Delta Flight 2983,

A Delta Air Lines flight had a near miss with a US Air Force jet shortly after taking off from Reagan National Airport.The incident occurred Friday afternoon, March 28, near Reagan National in Arlington County,

A Delta Air Lines flight had a close call with a U.S. Air Force jet near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Friday afternoon. According to CNN, collision warning alarms sounded in the cockpit of the passenger plane headed for Minneapolis.