Sunday was a busy night at Logan Airport as two planes landed in Boston with up to 18 passengers injured by turbulence. Seven injuries were reported on a JetBlue flight from San Juan, Puerto Rico to Boston. Flight 182 included 130 passengers and five crew members. A Lufthansa flight was diverted to Boston with as many as 11 injuries due to turbulence. That flight was headed from Charlotte, N.C. to Munich was due to arrive at about 11:45 p.m. with as many as 11 injured people on board. No serious injuries were reported by WCVB.
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Boston announced plans to commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11. Plans include a wreath-laying at the 9/11 contemplative garden in the Boston Public Garden and a reading of the 206 victims from Massachusetts at the State House. [WBZ] Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Jim Koch, founder of Boston Beer, presented $3,500 in microloans to Lulu’s Sweet Shoppe and Boston Pretzel Bakery as part of the Samuel Adams Brewing the American Dream philanthropic program. Koch has loaned $500,000 since 2008 to create or save 589 jobs in the food, beverage, and hospitality industry. [Boston Globe] Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
State Police arrested a man for allegedly slapping a flight attendant on a JetBlue flight from West Palm Beach (FL) to Logan Airport. The Globe reported Bryan Garnett, 48, from Utica, N.Y., will be charged with interfering with a flight crew and assault and battery for slapping a male flight attendant. The incident reportedly happened before takeoff. [Globe]
More bad news from Evergreen Solar. The company is short on cash. The Huntington Theatre Company got a $10 million grant from the Calderwood Charitable Foundation. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
A catering truck collided with the wing of a JetBlue Airbus A320 plane that was being boarded at Logan Airport. A 90-year old woman fell out of a wheelchair and hurt her leg after the collision and went to Massachusetts General Hospital. State Police cited a JetBlue worker for not staying with the truck.
Boston's Cabot Corporation plans to donate $500K to Japan for tsunami and earthquake relief efforts. The donation will come from the Cabot Corporation Foundation. Cabot has offices and plants throughout Japan. A new Jordan's Furniture will open at the Warwick Mall next year. It's the chain's fifth store and will feature an IMAX 3-D Theater. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Our winter of wacky weather has now turned to lightning and wind, after snow and cold and hot temperatures. The wind caused almost 15,000 homes in Massachusetts to have no electricity around noon today. Two JetBlue planes headed to Logan Airport from Tampa and Baltimore were struck by lightning Friday. Both flights landed without incident.
The friendly skies produced some not so friendly news today. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
JetBlue is offering $7 one way fares, , in order to promote the planned roll out of a seven-flight daily schedule between Logan Airport and Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. on November 1. The $7 fare applies only to Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturdays, and Monday, Nov. 1. The regular JetBlue fare is $64 each way. Yesterday, JetBlue began offering bookings to Providenciales in the Turks and Caicos Islands from Boston.
JetBlue keeps expanding destinations from Logan Airport in Boston. Beginning today, bookings are available to Providenciales in the Turks and Caicos Islands from Boston, and New York. Flights operating seasonally on Saturdays will take effect on February 19. The introductory fares begin at $119. This is the 39th destination offered by JetBlue from Boston. In September, service between Boston and Phoenix began. In May, JetBlue will fly from Boston to Newark. [Boston Globe]
JetBlue loves Boston, Massachusetts. Sounds like something Gordon Gekko might say.
- Moving TARDIS. TARDIS practice. Pick your pun. That sucker is mobile. [Universal Hub]
- Virginians probably thought their RMV was probably just incompetent. It's really EMC that messed up. Don't mess with Hopkinton. [Boston Globe]
More crazy shenanigans on JetBlue. This time it was a passenger, and not a flight attendant. A flight from Boston to Santo Domingo was diverted to Washington, D.C., because of an unruly passenger, according to the crack journalists of TMZ.com. We had to laugh when he saw the NBC affiliate in Washington quoting TMZ in their coverage of the incident.
- Gov. Deval Patrick went to Washington, D.C. today to boost Massachusetts' chances in the Race to the Top, a federal program that could net the state $250 million in education grants. [Boston Herald]
- Wyclef Jean won't be at a fundraiser for Gov. Deval Patrick tonight. John Legend will be there. Jean is running for president of Haiti. [Boston Globe]
Have you ever wondered what Wally the Green Monster does during the off-season? Bostonist realizes the answer is no unless you're under 10 or Jerry Remy. JetBlue didn't consult with us first and, as a result, has made Wally's whereabouts a central part of marketing their expanded service from Boston to 32 nonstop destinations. If you correctly guess Wally's location each week, you could win two round-trip tickets. Any non-winning entries will be eligible for a grand prize including four round-trip tickets on JetBlue, and four Green Monster tickets to a 2010 regular season Red Sox game, where the winner will throw a ceremonial first pitch. Bostonist wants to know: Does Wally fits into one seat? If not, does JetBlue charge him extra?
--The investigation into why a commuter rail train crashed into a loose boxcar in Canton, injuring 150, is turning toward brakes not being set on a car at a lumberyard in Stoughton. Also, even if the train was on the loose, "The car should have been stopped by a derailing device where the siding meets the main track. A source close to the investigation said the derailing device worked properly when tested Wednesday morning and passed its most recent inspection." [The Enterprise of Brockton]
A startup by some MIT grads started making waves a year ago when they began putting some venture capital to use to build their social networking site. After a year of growth some issues arose with their name, coincidentally with their expansion from Boston into New York City and the Bay Area. HeyLetsGo was to be no more; they were looking for a new name. Today they announced their new identity: Going.com.
Austinist gets arty with an interactive guide to SXSW, loved some local art galleries and a new art exhibit and lamented the possible loss of "Friday Night Lights" production to New Mexico. Bostonist was happy they finally found an Anna Nicole Smith connection to their fair city and that an Apple Store was opening up. They were less happy that new rules have been established limiting underage shows and that their Governor is spending...
About a month back, Bostonist got all caught up in the $25 fare offered by Jet Blue to get you from Boston to New York City. We even called the contest, shunned the Fung Wah, and gave the advantage to the plane. This widely successful move by the discount carrier has actually made competing shuttles drop their prices a bit too. But we’re done with New York: There are just far too many people in the city during the holiday season. So we’re packing our bags and going to the nation’s capital, Washington, DC. JetBlue is tempting us again, this time with a Logan-to-Dulles run for just $25. Discounts, unfortunately, won’t get us down to DC to witness the Whitehouse Christmas separation of church and state first hand - the cheap fares are valid in January and February. Regular fares are priced from $55 to $140 each way (and won’t require advanced purchase). Since their takeover of the old Delta terminal at Logan, JetBlue has been adding routes right and left. It may be Mitt's dream come true, only $25 to D.C. but it's doubtful that he'll be able to make residence there for such a tiny sum.
The news lately seems to be tugging us back and forth between the Fung Wah bus and the more high-end ways to get to New York: First we found out that all the Acela trains had defective brakes. Then a Fung Wah bus burst into flames on the road. Then the radar at Logan started seeing planes that weren't there. Now, Jet Blue, which recently set up shop at Logan, will be offering $25 flights to the Big Apple ten times a day. $25! Bostonist has long prided ourself (wow - first person plural is weird) on choosing the cheapest option, luxury and time notwithstanding. This attitude got us through our lean college years and our even leaner law-school years, and we've been reluctant to abandon it just because we finally have a job that doesn't involve daily risk to life and limb. But we must admit that an extra ten bucks to save three and a half hours of travel time is hard to resist. Maybe when the promotion is over and the cost goes up to $40, we'll go back to the bus. But for now, let the high-flying good life begin! Look for Bostonist on the security line, shoes in hand, hoping they don't give us a hard time about the bottle of whiskey in our carry-on.
Recently Bostonist noticed the influx of JetBlue ads around the MBTA stations in Boston. We also observed the changes that are set to take place at Logan Airport in the coming months when Terminal A, finally, comes online. Delta will move operations over to Terminal A and JetBlue will take on many of the gates currently occupied by Delta in Terminal C. JetBlue has been sparking some rumors for the last couple of days about...
The Back Bay MBTA stop was taken over by Jet Blue ads last week. They’re expanding their routes from the MassPort operated Logan International Airport, and taking the lease on Delta’s spot for Terminal C. Delta will move their service into the $475 Million renovation of Terminal A. With more gates and a brand new terminal Bostonist hopes two things happen: fewer delays and cheaper flights. The new terminal at Logan was designed and built with the new security regulations, stemming from the 9-11 attacks, in place.
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