Jets were 300 feet apart in Boston close call that forced Delta flight to abort landing, expert says

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

Updated 4:34 PM CDT, June 21, 2026

BOSTON (AP) — A Delta Air Lines jet was roughly 300 feet (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 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 coproduces 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.

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[calimary]

1. OMG! Two big passenger jets should NEVER get within 300 feet of each other in midair!

They're each moving super-fast, and there's a SHIT TON going on in the cockpit because these are SUPER intense times in the flight (landing and takeoff)!

They're damn right this was "a significant incident"!

[aggiesal]

2. Welcome to Mierda47's FAA n/t

[Lonestarblue]

3. Well, the Project 2025 folks wanted smaller government.

I'm sure Musk and his DOGE dotards thought that AI could just take over for air traffic controllers so they could be fired. While many of the controllers and support staff returned, some did not and we do not have a huge pipeline of controllers ready to work. I don't think we have had a full complement of air traffic controllers since Reagan broke the union.

[Miguelito Loveless]

4. The policies will continue to

degrade the FAA until the admin gets the air disaster they are pushing for.