Planes were just 300ft apart in Boston airport near miss, expert says
FAA investigating incident involving Delta and American jets that forced Delta plane to abort landing attempt
A Delta jet was roughly 300ft (90 meters) from an American Airlines plane during a close call at Boston’s airport that forced the Delta aircraft to abort a weekend landing attempt, an aviation expert said on Sunday.
The Federal Aviation Administration said it was investigating the incident between two commercial flights that happened Saturday at Boston Logan international airport.
Todd Curtis, a former safety engineer at Boeing, estimated the distance between the two jetliners using Flightradar24, a website that tracks flights. Curtis now co-produces a podcast about flight safety issues.
“This is a significant incident,” Curtis said, adding that it was particularly concerning because it involved two professional airline crews.
He said federal aviation officials have been concerned about such runway incursions for a while and will scrutinize Saturday’s close call.
Near-misses and runway incursions at US airports will be the subject of a hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. The Senate commerce subcommittee on aviation, space, and innovation will seek ways to strengthen safety across the national airspace system.
The Delta flight from Dallas had to execute a go-around, or aborted landing, to avoid the American plane departing from an intersecting runway, according to the FAA and flight logs.
The crew of Delta flight 2351 coordinated with air traffic control to perform the go-around, an airline spokesperson said. The plane, which had 129 passengers and six crew members on board, landed safely and deplaned normally, according to the spokesperson.
Go-arounds are safe, routine procedures performed at the discretion of the pilot or air traffic controllers, according to the FAA.
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Considering federal aviation officials have been concerned about such runway incursions for a while and will scrutinize Saturday’s close call, it raises some real questions about what happens next.
Basically the Federal Aviation Administration said it was investigating the incident between two commercial flights that happened Saturday at Boston Logan international airport. What matters is whether anything changes because of it.
So the bottom line is fAA investigating incident involving Delta and American jets that forced Delta plane to abort landing. Wonder how this will land.
Think about it: todd Curtis, a former safety engineer at Boeing, estimated the distance between the two jetliners using Flightradar24, a website that tracks flights. That speaks volumes.
The fact that fAA investigating incident involving Delta and American jets that forced Delta plane to abort landing really puts things into perspective.
If todd Curtis, a former safety engineer at Boeing, estimated the distance between the two jetliners using Flightradar24, a website that tracks flights, then the bigger picture starts to look very different.
Boston Logan has been vocal about this, good to see them staying on it.
Reading that “This is a significant incident,” Curtis said, adding that it was particularly concerning because it involved two professional airline crews — hard to argue with the logic there.
Think about it: the Federal Aviation Administration said it was investigating the incident between two commercial flights that happened Saturday at Boston Logan international airport. That speaks volumes.
On one hand the Federal Aviation Administration said it was investigating the incident between two commercial flights that happened Saturday at Boston Logan international airport. But at the same time todd Curtis, a former safety engineer at Boeing, estimated the distance between the two jetliners using Flightradar24, a website that tracks flights.
Reading that fAA investigating incident involving Delta and American jets that forced Delta plane to abort landing — hard to argue with the logic there.
What stands out is federal aviation officials have been concerned about such runway incursions for a while and will scrutinize Saturday’s close call. That is the part worth paying attention to.
In other words the Federal Aviation Administration said it was investigating the incident between two commercial flights that happened Saturday at Boston Logan international airport. Curious to see how this develops.
So the bottom line is “This is a significant incident,” Curtis said, adding that it was particularly concerning because it involved two professional airline crews. Wonder how this will land.
When you look at federal aviation officials have been concerned about such runway incursions for a while and will scrutinize Saturday’s close call, the implications are hard to ignore.