The FAA is investigating another close call involving two jets at Boston Logan International Airport.
February 28, 2023, 4:34 PMNicolaus Czarnecki/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Imagesis investigating another close call involving two jets at Boston Logan International Airport. The FAA said a Learjet took off from a runway without clearance from air traffic control while a JetBlue flight was preparing to land on an intersecting runway.
In a statement to ABC News, JetBlue said, "Safety is JetBlue's first priority and our crews are trained to react to situations like this. We will assist authorities as they investigate this incident.", is the latest in a series of recent close calls under investigation by the FAA. The two aircraft came within about 1,400 feet of each other, according to a preliminary report from the NTSB.
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