{"id":4496,"date":"2026-06-22T00:56:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T00:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/2026\/06\/22\/planes-were-just-300ft-apart-in-boston-airport-near-miss-expert-says\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T00:56:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T00:56:41","slug":"planes-were-just-300ft-apart-in-boston-airport-near-miss-expert-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/?p=4496","title":{"rendered":"Planes were just 300ft apart in Boston airport near miss, expert says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-gu-name=\"media\" class=\"dcr-1vsw7yz\">\n<div class=\"dcr-tr9ye5\">\n<figure id=\"16447754-b6e7-44f6-a529-0cf573fdc6c7\" class=\"dcr-142siv7\">\n<div id=\"img-1\" class=\"dcr-1t8m8f2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Airport control tower\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/e9a8853e044b92e0c55e5255b88f9a45b39fb011\/392_0_3899_3121\/master\/3899.jpg?width=465&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" width=\"465\" height=\"372.21467042831495\" loading=\"eager\" class=\"dcr-evn1e9\"><span class=\"dcr-v822l1\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-gup2gr\">\n<div class=\"dcr-fntg6k\"><label for=\"the-checkbox\" class=\"dcr-1xgwz8b\"><\/label> <\/p>\n<div id=\"the-caption\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1os51wo\"><span class=\"dcr-hvsf4t\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">The control tower at Logan airport.<\/span> Photograph: Charles Krupa\/AP<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><a href=\"#img-1\" data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-13fd1ms\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><button data-element-id=\"16447754-b6e7-44f6-a529-0cf573fdc6c7\" type=\"button\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-4tmywn\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><span class=\"dcr-194i6pr\">View image in fullscreen<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-n4pnam\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1hdkqum\"><span class=\"dcr-hvsf4t\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">The control tower at Logan airport.<\/span> Photograph: Charles Krupa\/AP<\/figcaption><\/span><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-gu-name=\"headline\" class=\"dcr-shrpec\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1jwoxwb\">\n<h1 class=\"dcr-1k1a1x\">Planes were just 300ft apart in Boston airport near miss, expert says<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-gu-name=\"standfirst\" class=\"dcr-m5tuef\">\n<div class=\"dcr-15in7js\">\n<p>FAA investigating incident involving Delta and American jets that forced Delta plane to abort landing attempt<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-gu-name=\"body\" class=\"dcr-l3z1yk\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1a4fred\">\n<div id=\"maincontent\" class=\"dcr-ydnaza\">\n<div class=\"article-body-commercial-selector article-body-viewer-selector dcr-6d4g12\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">A Delta jet was roughly 300ft (90 meters) from an American Airlines plane during a close call at Boston\u2019s airport that forced the Delta aircraft to abort a weekend landing attempt, an aviation expert said on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The Federal Aviation Administration said it was investigating the incident between two commercial flights that happened Saturday at Boston Logan international airport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cThis is a significant incident,\u201d Curtis said, adding that it was particularly concerning because it involved two professional airline crews.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">He said federal aviation officials have been concerned about such runway incursions for a while and will scrutinize Saturday\u2019s close call.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Near-misses and runway incursions at US airports will be the subject of a hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. The Senate commerce\u202fsubcommittee\u202fon\u202faviation, space,\u202fand innovation will\u202fseek ways to strengthen safety across the national airspace system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Go-arounds are safe, routine procedures performed at the discretion of the pilot or air traffic controllers, according to the FAA.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-print-layout=\"hide\" class=\"dcr-qxqnsy\"><span class=\"dcr-1rq3vad\">Explore more on these topics<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-1dzx48f\">\n<ul class=\"dcr-1xavc9x\">\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/boston\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">Boston<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/world\/air-transport\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">Air transport<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/tone\/news\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">news<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dcr-nu129i\"><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Planes%20were%20just%20300ft%20apart%20in%20Boston%20airport%20near%20miss,%20expert%20says&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jun\/21\/boston-airport-planes-jets-close-call?CMP=share_btn_url\" class=\"dcr-125qj9d\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-zhx6xs\"><a data-link-name=\"meta-syndication-article\" href=\"https:\/\/syndication.theguardian.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fus-news%2F2026%2Fjun%2F21%2Fboston-airport-planes-jets-close-call&amp;type=article&amp;internalpagecode=us-news\/2026\/jun\/21\/boston-airport-planes-jets-close-call\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"Reuse this content\" class=\"dcr-14rjinq\">Reuse this content<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-gu-name=\"right-column\" class=\"dcr-1el9k3p\"><span class=\"dcr-1vetsv0\"><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The control tower at Logan airport. Photograph: Charles Krupa\/AP View image in fullscreen The control tower at Logan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4498,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4496\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}