A Republic Airways flight was told to abort a landing at Reagan Washington National Airport on Monday “because maintenance crews were inspecting the runway,” according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
“An air traffic controller instructed Republic Airways Flight 4528 to perform a go-around at Reagan Washington National Airport because maintenance crews were inspecting the runway,” the FAA said in a Monday statement.
“The FAA is investigating the event that occurred around 7:05 a.m. local time on Monday, Sept. 8,” the statement continued.
A go-around ends “the landing approach and returns the aircraft to an altitude and configuration to safely make another approach,” the FAA has said previously.
Earlier this year, a deadly crash between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines flight near National Airport rattled the nation and raised questions about aviation safety.
Last month, Reagan National Airport stopped flights after an air traffic control fire alarm went off, then later resumed flights.
In a previous statement obtained by The Hill’s sister network NewsNation, the FAA said the agency was “pausing flights heading to Reagan Washington National Airport due to a fire alarm in the air traffic control tower.”
The FAA said in a later statement to NewsNation that it was “slowing flights into Reagan Washington National airport due to volume after inbound flights were paused because a fire alarm was activated in the air traffic control tower.”
The Hill has reached out to Republic Airways for comment.
