A Delta flight received an onboard alert that an Air Force jet was close by as it took off near Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) on Friday afternoon, just months after the region experienced the deadliest aviation incident since 2001.

The Minneapolis-bound Delta flight — with 131 passengers on board — was cleared for takeoff while four U.S. Air Force T-38 jets were flying toward Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., for a flyover, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said. The agency is investigating the incident.

The close call, which was first reported by CNN, is the latest incident near Washington, as the nation's capital reels from a January midair collision between an American Airlines passenger plane and

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