BOSTON (AP) \u2014 A Delta Air Lines jet was roughly 300 feet from an American Airlines plane during a close call at Boston’s airport that forced the Delta aircraft to abort a weekend landing attempt, an aviation expert said Sunday.<\/p>\n
The Federal Aviation Administration said it was investigating the incident between two commercial flights that happened Saturday at Boston Logan International Airport.<\/p>\n
READ MORE: Aviation disasters and close calls have people worried about flying<\/a><\/p>\n Todd Curtis, a former safety engineer at Boeing, estimated the distance between the two jetliners using Flightradar24, a website that tracks flights. Curtis now coproduces a podcast about flight safety issues.<\/p>\n “This is a significant incident,” Curtis said, adding that it was particularly concerning because it involved two professional airline crews.<\/p>\n He said federal aviation officials have been concerned about such runway incursions for a while now and will scrutinize Saturday’s close call.<\/p>\n Near-misses and runway incursions at U.S. airports will be the subject of a hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. The Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Aviation, Space, and Innovation will seek ways to strengthen safety across the national airspace system.<\/p>\n