Delta A332 and Jetblue BCS3 at Boston on Oct 27th 2024, loss of separation on runway, go around
Last Update: October 28, 2024 / 19:01:51 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 27, 2024
Classification
Incident
Airline
Delta Airlines
Flight number
DL-59
Departure
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Destination
Boston, United States
Aircraft Registration
N855NW
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
A Jetblue Bombardier C-Series CS-300, registration N3125J performing flight B6-531 from Boston,MA (USA) to San Juan (Puerto Rico), was cleared to line up runway 33L at 16:40:21Z immediately after the preceeding departure had departed and aligned with the runway at 16:41:38Z, when DL-59 was about 2.8nm before the runway threshold.
Tower cleared DL-59 to land on runway 33L at 16:40:48Z.
At 16:42:00Z tower cleared B6-531 for immediate takeoff from runway 33L advising the arriving traffic was 1.5nm behind them (ADS-B data show DL-59 about 1.9nm before the runway threshold at that time).
At 16:42:32Z tower instructed DL-59 to go around, the crew acknowledged.
B6-531 started to accelerate for takeoff at 16:42:45Z when DL-59 was about 0.7nm before the runway threshold.
DL-59 began to climb again about 0.15nm past the runway threshold at 16:43:05Z, at that time B6-531 was accelerating through about 110 knots over ground about 0.55nm down the runway. Climbing through 500 feet at 16:43:28Z DL-59 began to turn to the right onto a diverging trajectory, B6-531 was climbing through 400 feet about 0.13nm past the runway end, the minimum separation between the aircraft according to ADS-B data was 100 feet vertical and 0.89nm horizontal.
DL-59 positioned for another approach to runway 33L and landed safely about 12 minutes after the go around. B6-531 continued to destination for a safe landing.
The FAA reported: "An air traffic controller instructed Delta Air Lines Flight 59 to perform a go-around at Boston Logan International Airport because another aircraft was departing at the same time the Airbus 332 was attempting to land. The event happened around 12:45 p.m. local time on Sunday, Oct. 27. There was no loss of safe separation."
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 27, 2024
Classification
Incident
Airline
Delta Airlines
Flight number
DL-59
Departure
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Destination
Boston, United States
Aircraft Registration
N855NW
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
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