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FAA investigates incident that forced Delta flight to abort landing
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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 American Airlines aircraft, with 129 passengers and six crew members on board; the plane landed safely afterward.
- Both American Airlines and the airport directed inquiries to the FAA, which stated that go-arounds are routine and safe procedures initiated by pilots or air traffic controllers.
- This close call follows recent aviation accidents, including a fatal plane crash in France involving a gaming company founder and a business jet crash in Laredo, Texas, that killed one person.
