Tuesday, April 16, 2013
The plane has been evacuated and baggage taken off for inspection by law enforcement officials, according to several reports.
UPDATE TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 11:55 A.M.: The suspicious package on the plane was re-screened and cleared by security officials, according to the TSA (Transportation Security Administration). In a press statement, the TSA said that the checked bag was re-screened at Logan after baggage handlers in Philadelphia "noted concern." The plane landed safely at Logan and passengers were bused to the gate. "While properly screened by TSA at Philadelphia International Airport (PHL), the bag was re-screened by local EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal team) at BOS as a precaution and has been cleared," the statement said. Massport also released a statement saying the flight was remotely parked on the runway while the bag was re-screened "out of an …
Friday, February 1, 2013
Airplanes heading away from Logan Airport in Boston could bring more noise to Arlington residents.
Several thousand more Arlington residents would be subjected to the noise of aircrafts flying overhead under a proposed plan to alter departing routes for planes heading from Boston's Logan Airport. The Federal Aviation Administration’s proposal would essentially change air routes for one runway (33L) to a satellite-guided system that would subject 4,079 additional Arlington residents to aircraft noise, according to a copy of the proposal. In addition to Arlington, 6,584 more Waltham residents and 5,809 more in Winchester would be impacted by the proposal. About 2,604 Belmont residents and 1,511 Watertown residents would also fall under the new route proposal. In Newton, 483 fewer residents would hear aircraft noise. The increase levels, …
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Musician Vance Gilbert said he was unfairly ejected from a plane and questioned at Logan Airport.
An Arlington musician is blasting United Airlines for what he says was racial profiling after being removed from a flight at Logan Airport and questioned by State Police about a carry-on bag and a book he was reading. Vance Gilbert, a black man, said he was reading a book about Polish aircraft from the 1940s aboard a United Airlines flight on Aug. 14, when he started to notice shifting among flight attendants. The plane was in line for take-off at about 6:20 a.m. en route to Washington, D.C., when the pilot looped around and returned to the gate, Gilbert said. The Arlington man, 52, said a couple of Massachusetts State Police troopers came aboard and asked him to accompany them off the plane. Once outside, the troopers asked him a …
Catherine
8:52 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
I totally agree. I too have many more planes flying over my house all day and night. They must have already been using the new path. I could see a line of them flying over Spy Pond toward my house tonight. more ›