BOSTON — An incoming flight from Europe was forced to abort its landing at Boston’s Logan Airport at the last second over the weekend, 25 Investigates learned.
Lufthansa flight 422 from Germany was preparing to land when it suddenly pulled up and performed a “go-around” maneuver on Saturday afternoon, the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed.
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A woman on the plane said that the captain told passengers that he wasn’t able to safely land due to another aircraft on the runway.
A FlightAware animation showed the Lufthansa flight making two loops south and north of the airport after arriving in Massachusetts airspace.
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This latest close-call marks the latest incident in a string of recent scares at Logan. In August, the FAA awarded the airport $44.9 million in funding aimed at avoiding runway incidents.
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