FAA investigates aborted Delta landing involving American flight at Boston Logan

Saturday, June 20, 2026U.S. PoliticsWell-covered3 frames

The FAA is investigating an incident involving two commercial flights at Boston Logan International Airport on Saturday morning.
Delta Air Lines Flight 2351 executed a go-around, or aborted landing, at about 11:30 a.m. because another aircraft was departing from an intersecting runway.
Multiple reports and flight-tracking data identify the other aircraft as American Airlines Flight 3161, which was taking off as the Delta flight approached.
Delta Flight 2351 was arriving from Dallas, and American Flight 3161 was departing Boston for Charlotte.
Delta said its crew coordinated with air traffic control to perform the go-around, and the aircraft later landed safely with passengers deplaning normally.
The incident matters because it involved aircraft using intersecting runways during landing and takeoff, and the FAA has opened an investigation into how the conflict occurred.
Key details remain unresolved, including how close the two aircraft came to each other; the FAA has described the information as preliminary and the investigation as ongoing.

How left and right are reading this

Both agree: An aborted landing on intersecting runways is serious enough to warrant FAA scrutiny, and the safe outcome does not remove the need for a clear account of how the conflict occurred while key details remain unresolved.
They split on: Less a disagreement than a question of emphasis: the safety risk exposed by two flights using intersecting runways during landing and takeoff, versus the value of disciplined procedure and waiting for the FAA’s preliminary investigation to establish what happened.

The FAA is investigating an incident involving two commercial flights at Boston Logan International Airport on Saturday morning.
Delta Air Lines Flight 2351 executed a go-around, or aborted landing, at about 11:30 a.m. because another aircraft was departing from an intersecting runway.
Multiple reports and flight-tracking data identify the other aircraft as American Airlines Flight 3161, which was taking off as the Delta flight approached.
Delta Flight 2351 was arriving from Dallas, and American Flight 3161 was departing Boston for Charlotte.
Delta said its crew coordinated with air traffic control to perform the go-around, and the aircraft later landed safely with passengers deplaning normally.
The incident matters because it involved aircraft using intersecting runways during landing and takeoff, and the FAA has opened an investigation into how the conflict occurred.
Key details remain unresolved, including how close the two aircraft came to each other; the FAA has described the information as preliminary and the investigation as ongoing.

Facts first. Then every angle.