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Operations Back to Normal at Mass. Airport

Posted on: Wednesday, 12 October 2005, 12:00 CDT

BOSTON - Operations were back to normal at Logan International Airport on Wednesday, after two days of delays caused by a faulty radar antenna.

Workers borrowed an antenna from an airport in Bangor, Maine, to fix the faulty equipment, said Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Arlene Murray.

"They worked through the night to install the antenna," Murray said.

Some minor flight delays were reported on Wednesday because of heavy rains.

Air traffic controllers began seeing phantom blips on their radar screens over the weekend that they knew were not incoming planes. They switched to a long-range backup system in New Hampshire that required a greater distance between incoming planes, which delayed incoming flights for up to four hours Monday and Tuesday.

Federal authorities, including the FBI, were asked to investigate. The bureau ruled out sabotage as a possible cause of the problem, said Phil Orlandella of the Massachusetts Port Authority, which runs Logan.

Murray said the radar problem at Logan is not common, but it has occurred at other airports in the past. Bangor, which sees less air traffic than Logan, will use a backup long-range radar until a new antenna is installed.

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Federal Aviation Administration: http://www.faa.gov

Source: Associated Press/AP Online

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