Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy slammed the Defense Department on Friday after an Army helicopter forced two commercial passenger jets landing at Reagan National Airport to shift course.

On Thursday, air traffic control instructed a Delta Airlines flight and Republic Airways plane to perform go-arounds due to a “Priority Air Transport helicopter inbound to the Pentagon Army Heliport,” according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

Multiple outlets reported on Friday that an army helicopter taking a "scenic route" near the airport caused the incident.

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