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.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.Archived audio of the communications between the pilots and the air traffic controllers was later posted to LiveATC.net.AMERICAN, FRONTIER PLANES CLIP WINGS AT LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN BOSTONThis file photo shows an American Airlines Boeing 777-223(ER) take off from Barcelona-El Prat Airport, in Barcelona, Spain, on April 29, 2026.
(NurPhoto)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)."Delta...
uhh...2351 going around because of American," the Delta pilot was heard saying per LiveATC.net.A controller then said moments later: "American 3161, where are you going?"The American pilot responded: "You cleared us for takeoff 3161."After the Delta plane abandoned its initial landing, the pilot was told to "maintain 3,000" feet twice by controllers.
The aircraft landed about 10 minutes later at 11:45 a.m.ET, according to FlightRadar 24.JETBLUE AIRCRAFT ROLLS OFF RUNWAY WHILE LANDING AT BOSTON'S LOGAN AIRPORTPlanes are seen at Boston Logan Airport in Boston on March 13, 2019.
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