Two days after prosecutors unsealed the case against a Chinese researcher they charge tried to sneak 21 vials of biological samples from Beth Israel out of the country, Brigham and Women's Hospital is warning all of its doctors and researchers not to make the same mistake. Read more
UPDATE: At least 18 other similar seizures made at Logan this year.
A Chinese graduate student who had been doing research at Beth Israel Hospital was arrested at Logan Airport on Dec. 9 after customs agents found 21 vials of an unknown brown liquid wrapped in plastic bag in a sock in one of his checked bags as he prepared to board a flight back to China, according to court documents unsealed yesterday. Read more.
WBZ summarizes the changes at Logan that start Monday, when Terminal A and C passengers will have to get themselves to Central Parking to get an Uber or Lyft ride. B and E start Nov. 4, and all drop-offs will have be done at the central garage by Dec. 9.
Dr. Ed was on a plane getting ready to take off at Logan this morning when he looked out his window and saw a plane on fire.
Fortunately, it was just a training exercise for firefighters, involving a dummy plane.
R shows us the scene at Terminal E around 8:45 p.m.:
Wow - baggage check-in conveyor belt not working in terminal E. Emirates has put Check in on hold! Nice job Logan
A crash inside the Sumner Tunnel this morning caused backups past Day Square, while computer glitches have caused delays at Logan. Read more.
WCVB report on the bird strike this morning. The plane returned safely - its windshield covered in blood and feathers.
Theradrebe spotted a jet belonging to the suddenly defunct Wow at Logan today.
CommonWealth reports Massport thinks the answer to growing auto congestion at Logan is to do something about the estimated 15 million rides Uber and Lyft riders now take to the airport - including increasing the ride-share surcharge from $3.25 for pick ups to $5 for both pick ups and drop offs. Massport also wants to eliminate 1,000 parking spaces on the first floor of the central garage to make way for a new centralized area for ride-share drivers to go when they're hailed or dropping off.
Paul Nutting captured a Southwest jet getting winched up at Logan after it got stuck on the tarmac at Logan this morning.
State Police report arresting Nicholas Franco of Newton, whom they say got out of his car and attacked the driver of a cab behind him, at Jeffries Street and Transportation Way around 9:10 a.m. on Friday. Read more.
A federal judge today dismissed a lawsuit by a Missouri bank robber nearing the end of his sentence at a Massachusetts facility that demanded Gov. Baker ensure Logan Airport has at least 500 cots - and a commensurate number of portable toilets - on hand for possible weather-related delays this winter. Read more.
WBZ reports passengers on planes that made it into Logan last night then had to just sit on them for up to two hours.
In 1925, Boston Commonwealth Airport (it had not yet been named after Gen. Edward Lawrence Logan) consisted of four hangars and one runway - which was enough for the biplanes that still used it - as shown in these photos taken by Fairchild Aerial Survey of New York. Read more.
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