Radar repaired at Boston's Logan airport

April 24, 2000
Web posted at: 5:53 p.m. EDT (2153 GMT)

BOSTON (CNN) -- Radar service was restored to normal at Boston's Logan Airport Monday afternoon. But airline traffic is likely to remain disrupted for most of the day because of earlier cancellations and delays.

The airport's air traffic control radar was damaged Saturday when wind blew over the radar antenna.

Federal Aviation Administration officials said Logan controllers were handling about 28 planes an hour with backup equipment, down from the 65 per hour they are able to handle normally.

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Officials said more than 140 Boston flights were canceled Monday and delays were running nearly three hours from some airports into Boston.

The FAA said the damaged radar system has been replaced, and engineers completed tuning and testing the replacement system a little before 3 p.m. ET.

Meanwhile, officials are taking the damaged radar system to FAA laboratories in Oklahoma City for testing to determine why it collapsed Saturday in 45 mph (72 km/h) winds, when it is designed to withstand hurricane force winds.

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