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FAA Opens Boston Runway Safety Probe
The FAA says a Delta go-around at Boston Logan avoided an American jet, turning intersecting runways into a federal safety investigation
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A Delta flight from Dallas aborted its Boston landing to avoid an American jet on an intersecting runway, and the FAA is investigating.
- Frame 1The FAA says a Delta go-around at Boston Logan avoided an American jet, turning intersecting runways into a federal safety investigation.
- Frame 2Flight logs show Delta 2351 from Dallas coordinated with air traffic control, then landed safely and deplaned normally.
- Frame 3Aviation safety expert Todd Curtis estimated the jets were roughly 300 feet apart using Flightradar24 tracking data.
- Frame 4The route diagram centers the crossing runways, the aborted landing path, and the departing American Airlines plane.
- Frame 5Curtis called the incident significant because it involved two professional airline crews, not small private aircraft.
- Frame 6The FAA investigation will scrutinize runway-incursion risks that officials had worried about before Saturday's close call.
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- Jun 21, 9:19 PM EDT
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