To the Editor:
I, and many other people who live in Hull, would like to know why Logan Airport continually sends airplanes over us from the airport. Despite being continually told they are flying over the waters by Allerton Hill, they are currently flying over us by way of Stony Beach and are doing so as I type this letter to you.
This is an ongoing problem. We have, generally speaking, 23-43 planes per hour coming over us (the latter parts of the Alphabet streets) in the evening. When they fly over us, they go a little way down the beach to L, M, N, and O Streets then turn and come over us again, or they fly left at the beach. Why use us as a stepping stone to fly out to other destinations?
My house literally stinks from the planes’ exhaust (that kills more people than plane crashes). I have had years of allergy injections when these planes come over. Likewise, I have continual burning in my throat, my eyes are red, and I have a continual burning sensation in them. I do not get adequate sleep, and at times I become extremely breathless when walking up stairs, but am OK when I visit friends out of town.
The exhaust from the engines contains many different things such as nitrogen oxide, carbon dioxide, and sulphur dioxide. Roughly 2,000 deaths are recorded from pollution emitted from the take-off and landing procedures.
We are three to four miles from the airport. We are a peninsula. We are practically surrounded by water. So why do they not make use of it? Instead of flying directly over us, why not fly around us?
If you want to complain, call Massport at 617-561-3333. They only work from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday. Once you phone, the message will state “The Massachusetts Port Authority Boston-Logan aircraft noise report line,” you then press #1. You may not get anyone to talk to, but you can leave a message any time of day. You will have to leave your name, your address, and date and time of the incident.
Again, if you are at all living in one of their numerous flight paths, then please phone. Nothing gets done unless everybody phones every time they come over. I think they think we don’t care about this terrible noise and pollution we are experiencing, but they are wrong.
Dawn Tierney
