A Delta plane carrying 131 passengers nearly collided with an Air Force jet in a 'loss of separation' Friday leading up to a flyover at Arlington National Cemetery.

A close call between a Delta Air Lines Airbus A319 taking off from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and a US Air Force T-38 jet, often used by the military for training, sounded alarms in the cockpit of the passenger plane Friday.

A Delta Air Lines flight narrowly avoided a mid-air collision with a U.S. Air Force jet near Reagan Washington National Airport. The near miss occurred as the Delta flight, carrying 131 passengers, was taking off and came within 500 feet of four U.