Originally Posted by deltasky

Yesterday I boarded Delta Flight 1181 from SLC to BOS. The wheels of the aircraft were nearly touching the ground at BOS when the pilot suddenly increased the speed and went back up into the air.

Within a few minutes, the Captain indicated to the cabin that an air traffic controller at BOS had made an error and both our plane and another plane we're landing on the same runway at the same time. Furthermore, he indicated that this resulted in a near collision. Are there any details online to confirm or deny this?

I think this was unprofessional on the part of the Captain to mention this to the passengers during the flight. He then indicated we were running out of fuel and we had to go to PVD to refuel and would then return to BOS to land. Doesn't this seem strange? I thought they loaded enough fuel on the plane to accomodate unexpected events.

When we arrived in PVD the local Delta representative denied that our plane was almost involved in a near collision and indicated the reason we went to PVD was because it was too foggy to land in BOS. The only problem with that story is that we were the only Delta flight diverted to another airport that evening.

This whole situation caused a delay of nearly three hours. Should I complain to Delta and if so, should I expect anything from them in return?