An American Airlines flight narrowly avoided collision on Tuesday after it was forced to pull up to avoid smashing into another plane on the runway

Wednesday night’s crash of an American Airlines commuter plane in Washington could be one of the worst disasters for the Fort Worth-based airline in more than two decades.

The Federal Aviation Administration says an American Airlines plane arriving at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport discontinued its landing, performing a go-around to avoid getting too close to another aircraft departing from the same runway.

An American Airlines flight from Boston aborted its landing in Washington, D.C. Tuesday to avoid another plane.