FAA investigates – The FAA is investigating a close call at Boston Logan International Airport on Saturday morning that forced a Delta flight from Dallas to abort its landing and execute a go-around to avoid an American Airlines plane departing from an intersecting runway.
The moment a landing plan goes from routine to suddenly unsafe can’t be measured in minutes—it’s felt in the jump of the cockpit workload and the quick coordination that follows.
Saturday morning at Boston Logan International Airport. the Federal Aviation Administration launched an investigation into a close call between two commercial flights that were in danger of colliding. A Delta Air Lines flight from Dallas had to execute a go-around—an aborted landing—to avoid an American Airlines plane departing from an intersecting runway.
FAA information and flight logs describe what happened next: the crew of Delta flight 2351 coordinated with air traffic control to perform the go-around. The aircraft, carrying 129 passengers and six crew members, landed safely and deplaned normally, the airline spokesperson said.
American Airlines and the airport directed requests for comment to the FAA.
Go-arounds, the FAA said, are safe and routine procedures performed either at the discretion of the pilot or by air traffic controllers.
The close call landed in the public eye as the aviation world continues to absorb a string of recent tragedies. On Saturday, a founder of a gaming company was killed in a plane crash in France. Earlier this week, a business jet crashed in Laredo, Texas, killing one person on board. A B-52 crashed Monday during a test flight at Edwards Air Force Base in California, killing all eight people aboard. Last Sunday, 12 people were killed when a plane on a skydiving outing in Missouri crashed.
With this latest incident now under investigation, attention turns to the details that flight logs and FAA review will need to clarify—how two aircraft converged near intersecting runways, and why the maneuver needed to protect the moment of landing arrived in time.
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Go-arounds are “routine” until it isn’t I guess.
So basically they almost hit the other plane because someone crossed the runway wrong? I feel like this should be like automatic brakes or something. FAA always investigating after the fact.
Isn’t Boston Logan like super controlled already though? Like if it’s intersecting runways then it sounds more like ATC messed up the timing, not the pilots. Also why mention France crash and all that? Feels like they’re trying to scare people.
My cousin said Delta flights always run late and then they rush the approach, so this tracks. Not saying that’s what happened but it feels connected somehow. And “in the public eye” like… okay, the cockpit workload jump? I don’t even understand how you can tell in minutes what’s unsafe. Glad they landed though, that’s the only part that matters.