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FAA investigates close call at Boston airport
AP News • • business
Key Points:
- The FAA is investigating a near-collision incident at Boston Logan International Airport involving a Delta Air Lines flight and an American Airlines plane on intersecting runways.
- Delta flight 2351 from Dallas executed a go-around to avoid the departing American Airlines flight, with 129 passengers and six crew members onboard; the Delta flight landed safely afterward.
- The Delta crew coordinated the go-around with air traffic control, and the procedure is considered a standard safety measure by the FAA.
- American Airlines and Boston Logan Airport deferred comments to the FAA regarding the incident.
- This close call follows several recent aviation accidents, including a fatal plane crash in France and another in Laredo, Texas.
