American Airlines Flight 2134 to Boston barely missed hitting another plane on the runway at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday, the second such incident in six weeks.

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the latest incident.

The American Airlines flight was scheduled to leave Reagan National at 10:15 a.m., according to tracking website FlightAware, and was given takeoff clearance.

This consent had to be scratched when air traffic controllers realized that a King Air plane was given clearance to land on an intersecting runway.

Air traffic controllers aborted the takeoff, saying “American 2134, cancel takeoff clearance! Zero, Alpha, Alpha, go around, go around,” according to audio from LiveATC.net.

“Zero, Alpha, Alpha” refers to the King Air plane, which was already on the ground and couldn’t get out of the way. The American Airlines flight had already reached a speed of over 92 mph before takeoff was aborted, per the LiveATC.net audio.

American Airlines said in a statement that the “safety of our customers and team members is our top priority, and we’re grateful to our crew for their professionalism. We will support the FAA in its investigation.”

On April 18, a Southwest Airlines jet narrowly avoided hitting a JetBlue plane when both were cleared to take off at Reagan National, with one plane crossing the other plane’s runway. Both flights had their takeoffs aborted before a collision could occur.

Local representatives argue that the airport is already too crowded and point to the recent expansion of flights at Reagan National in the recently passed FAA reauthorization bill, which adds 10 more daily long-haul flights into and out of the airport.

“I’m relieved no one was hurt. But this incident underscores again that DCA is at capacity. This shows why Senate action to jam even more flights into DCA was so dangerous. The FAA must resist any new flights that compromise safety,” Sen. Tim Kaine, Virginia Democrat, posted on X Wednesday.

In an April statement made ahead of the reauthorization vote, Mr. Kaine and fellow Democratic Sens. Mark Warner of Virginia, Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin, both of Maryland, said, “We are deeply frustrated that committee leadership … [has] decided to ignore the flashing red warning light of the recent near collision of two aircraft at DCA and jam even more flights onto the busiest runway in America.”

• Brad Matthews can be reached at bmatthews@washingtontimes.com.