The Federal Aviation Administration is looking into a close call at Boston Logan International Airport after two commercial aircraft came dangerously near one another Saturday morning.
According to the FAA and flight logs, a Delta Air Lines flight arriving from Dallas was forced to abort its landing and circle back after an American Airlines plane began departing from an intersecting runway.
A Delta spokesperson said the crew of Delta Flight 2351 worked with air traffic controllers to carry out the go-around. The aircraft, carrying 129 passengers and six crew members, later landed safely and passengers exited the plane as normal, the spokesperson said.
American Airlines and airport officials directed questions about the incident to the FAA.
The FAA describes go-arounds as standard and safe procedures that can be initiated by pilots or air traffic controllers when conditions call for another landing attempt.
The incident at Logan comes during a troubling stretch for aviation, following several accidents reported in recent days.
On Saturday, the founder of a gaming company was killed in a plane crash in France. Earlier in the week, a business jet went down in Laredo, Texas, leaving one person on board dead.
A B-52 also crashed Monday during a test flight at Edwards Air Force Base in California, killing all eight people aboard. The previous Sunday, 12 people died when a plane carrying people on a skydiving outing crashed in Missouri.
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