The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is currently investigating a near miss incident involving two aircraft at Boston Logan International Airport that occurred on Saturday morning around 11:30 a.m. The incident involved Delta Air Lines Flight 2351, which performed a go-around maneuver to avoid a collision with another plane taking off from an intersecting runway. The FAA has not disclosed the identity of the other aircraft involved in this close call.
A go-around is a standard procedure where a plane, upon approaching for landing, abandons the attempt and repositions itself for another approach. According to preliminary information released by the FAA, Delta Flight 2351 was arriving from Dallas and aborted its landing as American Airlines Flight 3161, which was headed for Charlotte, North Carolina, was approaching from a nearby runway.
Flight tracking data from Flightradar24 indicates that the two planes were separated by only a few hundred feet during the incident. Delta’s flight ultimately landed safely around ten minutes after the go-around.
The spokesperson for Delta confirmed that the flight crew had received an advisory from onboard systems regarding potential traffic as they were descending toward the airport. Following coordination with air traffic control, they executed the go-around procedure. After landing, all 129 passengers and six crew members disembarked without issue.
American Airlines has yet to provide a response to inquiries regarding the incident. This near miss at Boston Logan is part of a concerning trend of similar incidents at U.S. airports in recent months. In April, for instance, an American Airlines regional jet narrowly avoided an Air Canada regional jet after aborting its landing at JFK Airport. In another incident that same month, the FAA investigated a near miss between two Southwest Airlines jets at Nashville International Airport, during which an air traffic controller inadvertently directed an incoming plane into the path of a departing aircraft, resulting in a separation of about 500 vertical feet.
The FAA continues to monitor and investigate these occurrences, emphasizing the need for heightened safety measures in air traffic control and operations to prevent future incidents.
