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FAA investigates incident that forced a Delta flight to abort landing in Massachusetts

A Delta Air flight had to execute a go-around, or aborted landing, to avoid an American Airlines plane departing from an intersecting runway, according to the FAA.

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What happened A Delta Air flight had to execute a go-around, or aborted landing, to avoid an American Airlines plane departing from an intersecting runway, according to the FAA.
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Left / center-leftFAA investigates incident that forced Delta flight to abort landing

ABC News - US · Center-left · News report

CenterFAA investigates incident that forced a Delta flight to abort landing in Massachusetts

WCNC Charlotte (Tegna) · Center · News report

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WCNC Charlotte (Tegna)News report · Jun 21, 10:41 AM

FAA investigates incident that forced a Delta flight to abort landing in Massachusetts

massachusetts

A Delta Air flight had to execute a go-around, or aborted landing, to avoid an American Airlines plane departing from an intersecting runway, according to the FAA.

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ABC News - USNews report · Jun 21, 5:04 AM

FAA investigates incident that forced Delta flight to abort landing

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a close call between two commercial flights that forced one to abort landing in order to avoid collision

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Jun 21, 5:04 AM: ABC News - US joined the source map.

Jun 21, 10:41 AM: WCNC Charlotte (Tegna) joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 15/99 and story health is developing · 2 sources · 2 buckets.