FAA probes near-miss at Boston Logan after Delta A330 go‑around following intersecting-runway clearance

The FAA opened an investigation after a near-miss at Boston Logan on 30 October when a Delta A330‑900 arriving from Paris executed a go‑around after tower cleared a Cape Air Cessna 402 for takeoff on an intersecting runway. Cockpit recordings captured pilots’ unsettled reactions.

Discovered 2025-11-01T09:31:42.172436-07:00 | 2025-11-01T09:31:42.172436-07:00

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  • Underscores persistent tower-safety risks: prior investigations into distracted tower controllers show how controller attention lapses can produce runway-proximity events.
  • Reinforces demand for technical mitigations: demonstrations of runway safety system capabilities highlight how additional alerts and guidance could buy critical seconds in intersecting-runway scenarios.
  • FAA inquiry follows recent NTSB scrutiny of human factors in runway incidents — investigators will assess whether expectation bias, procedure or staffing contributed, similar to findings in an earlier NTSB runway collision report.

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