An American Airlines flight aborted a landing Tuesday morning after the pilot saw a plane preparing to take off on the same runway it was supposed to land on.

The face of DOGE, the government’s cost-cutting task force, said there is a “shortage” of skilled air traffic controllers.

Within 90 minutes on the same day, two flights in different parts of the country were forced to go around due to aircraft crossing the runway.

An American Airlines plane arriving at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport discontinued its landing, performing a ...