Air traffic control audio has revealed the tense moment two planes almost collided on Saturday at Boston Logan International Airport. The near miss happened at around 11:34 a.m. ET and involved an American Airlines flight that had been cleared for takeoff minutes earlier and a rapidly approaching Delta Air Lines flight that was set to land, according to FlightRadar24.
Investigation Underway
Todd Curtis, a former safety engineer at Boeing, told The Associated Press that the two planes came within 300 feet of each other after evaluating data from FlightRadar24. The pilot of the Delta flight, which was arriving from Dallas, told the tower that he was going to execute a go-around to avoid the American flight, which was headed to Charlotte, North Carolina.
A go-around is when a pilot decides to abort a landing and gain altitude. It is a safe and routine procedure that is performed at the discretion of the pilot or air traffic control, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The Delta plane landed about 10 minutes later at 11:45 a.m. ET, according to FlightRadar 24.
A Delta Air Lines spokesperson told Fox News Digital that while the plane was descending, the crew “received an advisory from onboard systems of potential traffic.” The spokesperson said there were 129 passengers and six crew members aboard the Delta flight, all of whom got off the plane safely.
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