FAA: Flights at Ronald Reagan Airport Halted for 20 Minutes After Reports of Shots

ABC News' Lisa Stark reports: The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed to ABC News that flights departing from the Washington D.C. Ronald Reagan National Airport were stopped for 20 minutes as a precautionary measure after media reports of shots fired by the Coast Guard on the Potomac River.

FAA officials say 17 outbound flights were affected but arrivals were not impacted. Departures stopped at around 10:08 a.m. and resumed at 10:29 a.m.

The Coast Guard said no shots were fired, as reported by some media outlets around 10:00 a.m., and that it was just undergoing a routine exercise.

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