Results tagged “unitedairlines”

A cracked windshield forced a United Airlines flight from Boston to Chicago to make an unscheduled landing in Buffalo this morning. Flight 881 carried 176 passengers and landed without incident at at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport. According to the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority, "There was no problem with decompression, no problem with passengers, and the plane landed safely." [Globe] more ›

A United Airlines plane travelling from London to Washington D.C. was forced to land at Logan Airport this morning after a 60-year-old female passenger became agitated, claiming fear of claustrophobia on board. This U.S. citizen had to be restrained by passengers and was arrested by State Police once the plane landed at Terminal E. We much prefer when planes are diverted to less populated places, like Bangor. It's a little disconcerting that this DC-bound... more ›

Just as soon as Boston has been rated a safe place for child pedestrians, we hear of another close call at Logan. Planes aren’t running over children in crosswalks of course, but they’re almost hitting each other. Sixteen times in the last year alone. The FAA has been called in by MassPort authorities to identify the “trouble spots” on Logan runways. The Boston Globe beat them to the punch and provided a graphic to illustrate the areas of close encounter. Last Bostonist knew, United Airlines was the only carrier who offered a “From the Flight Deck” audio channel in flight and during take-off. We haven’t been on one of these near miss incidents during take off, yet, but next time Bostonist flies United we’re going to be tuned it waiting to hear an “Oh, Shit!” from the cockpit. (Disclaimer: We don’t mean to call United out on being involved in accidents, Tuesday happened to be with America, a week ago FedEx; just United is the only one that lets us listen in.) The latest aborted take off incident was blamed on an air traffic controller providing misinformation and a pilot zealously changing frequencies from landing to gate taxi control. Us, we blame the whole thing on the paparazzi. more ›