After the plane landed. One passenger had to be checked out, but there were no injuryies to report. This happened after another American American eagle flight, this one operated by republican airline communicated to the faa tower that there may be a problem. That plane also landed safely. Airport officials tell me the plane taxied to its designated gate under its own power and the 76 passengers and 3 crew members got off safely. For several minutes we know things did come to a standstill. There were no planes that could take off or land here. Traffic is moving again at the airport, but keep in mind very significant delays as a result of those two snenlts earlier today. Reporting life at the airport, Pamela Osborne nbc10 news. Pamela thank you. Also following breaking news in western pennsylvania. An explosion in a natural gas well there sending black smoke into the air above nearby treetops in a largely rural community. It erupted in salem township Westmoreland County about 30 miles ea
I am daniel miller. Catherine and i am Catherine Parrotta in today for julie grauert. We have rain for your morning commute. Meteorologist shiri slir show us how the lane come into play along with the latest track of joaquin. Shiri you are right. An inch or more for the cape and islands. And joaquin is trending well offshore. Major improvements with that track and we will get into the details on that coming up in just a little bit, but temperaturewise, lower 50s along the coastline. 40s in spots like worcester and rain along the coastline in massachusetts. At least it is rain. Not quite like wednesday morning commute. Be sure it is just that pound be sure it is just that pounding, heavy rain everywhere. That is not to say it is not going to pick up in intensity from the cape and islands throughout morning hours. I think it will be a little further to the north and west as you you are seeing it here. Up into southern New Hampshire. Be ready for showers and heavier and heavier as you go
Nantucket to if anything a little away. And i will go over some of the reasons we need to pay close attention to that forecast coming up. But right now we have got that steady light to moderate rain over southeastern massachusetts. Temps in the upper 40s, lower 50s. And we have temps in the upper 40s, lower 50s all day long. 7 a. M. , dont be surprised if you see a couple of sprinkles up into boston during the morning commute. The steadiest, heaviest rain over the cape and islands where again we could get an inch or more rainfall. Temperatures have gone up by 1 to 2 degrees. And thats it. A trend for these showers to go further north and west and Southern New Hampshire will get in on a couple of patchy showers but again steadiest stuff will fall south of boston as we get into the afternoon today. 52 to 59. All i am giving you for temperatures. A cool and wet day. 50mileperhour gusts though for the cape and island blue break down the weather threats in the forecast coming up in just a f
At the central bahamas and huge changes the next 24 hours and expected as 5 00 a. M. Track which is the newest to go about 200 miles offshore from nantucket so that would keep it out to sea. I will have more on that coming up today more rain and more for the cape and islands and southeastern massachusetts is where i have the showers hovering right now. Notice boston dry through about 9 00 a. M. And then by lunchtime we have actually got the showers getting up to about the mass pike, temperatures barely move at all, dress for upper 40s now and low to mid50s for the afternoon. Thats it. 5 00 p. M. Your drive home from work involves some very patchy showers north of the mass pike even up into New Hampshire and still the steady rain in southeastern massachusetts where we get some of the worst of the winds, 52 to 58, cool and wet with 50 Miles Per Hour gusts for the cape and islands and more on the latest track for Hurricane Joaquin in a couple of minutes by with live drive time traffic. Wh