A barrage of snow in Massachusetts has thrown a wrench into travel plans, leading to a slew of flight cancellations and delays at Boston's Logan International Airport. According to Boston 25 News, as early as 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, there were already 149 cancellations and 34 delays clogging up the monitors.
The majority of these scrapped flights belonged to Cape Air, JetBlue, and United Airlines. The airport had already sounded the alarm about potential disruptions, warning via social media the day prior, "Passengers are advised to check with their airline on the status of their flight before coming to the airport and to allow extra time to travel to and from the airport," a storm that is now leaving more than 10,000 businesses and homes without electricity as it tears through the state.
Further complications for air travel were noted when the Federal Aviation Administration grounded certain Boeing 737 Max 9 planes on Saturday, Fox Business reports, adding more turmoil to the already chaotic skies. This followed an incident where an Alaska Airlines flight made an urgent landing after a door incident, the massive snow storm expected to lay down at least an inch of snow per hour in some places.
The National Weather Service Boston initially put out a winter storm warning, then scaled back to a winter weather advisory through till 1 a.m. Monday; alongside, the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency's real-time tracking system reported a significant 17,600 customers grappling with the storm's consequences, lacking power as of 9 a.m. On the ground at Logan, images show a fleet of snow removal equipment clearing the tarmac, evidence of the airport's preparedness for such winter onslaughts, they towing the line between panic and preparedness, as they say Logan "remains prepared for winter in New England."
