A U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter flying near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Thursday forced two commercial airliners to abort landings, reigniting concerns just months after a deadly crash involving the same Army aviation brigade that killed 67 people, Politico reported.

The helicopter veered off its approved flight path Thursday near the airport, prompting two passenger jets to perform “go-around” maneuvers in a congested airspace still reeling from a deadly January crash.

The Federal Aviation Administration issued a notice Friday regarding the incident, which occurred around 2:30 p.m. According to an internal FAA email obtained by Politico, the Black Hawk “took a scenic route around the Pentagon versus proceeding directly from the west to the heliport,” leading air traffic controllers to call for two aircraft — a Delta Air Lines flight and a Republic Airways flight — to execute go-arounds.

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