JetBlue pilot’s ‘evasive action’ averts crash at Boston’s Logan airport

A Learjet on Monday was directed to wait for passenger plane to land but began to take off, forcing JetBlue craft to climb out'

US aviation authorities are investigating a near miss at Boston's Logan international airport after a JetBlue pilot had to take evasive action" while landing when another aircraft crossed an intersecting runway.

The close call occurred at about 7pm on Monday when the pilot of a Learjet 60 took off without clearance as a JetBlue flight was preparing to land on an intersecting runway, according to a preliminary review from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).