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Logan Airport, Boston

Transponders allow air-traffic controllers at Boston's Logan Airport to more easily distinguish between airplanes and ground vehicles on a radar display.

Credit: Massport

US Airways Flight 27 was roaring down Runway 15R at Boston's Logan Airport when a pickup truck suddenly pulled into its path.

From The Wall Street Journal
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