Flights canceled and cruise itineraries changed as Hurricane Lee heads to New England and Canada
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Hurricane Lee is expected to make landfall in Canada this weekend while also bringing tropical storm conditions and flooding to parts of New England. Some flights and cruises in these areas are already being affected Friday as the storm barrels up the Atlantic coast.
According to FlightAware, 23 flights at Boston's Logan International Airport were canceled as of Friday afternoon, as were 15 flights at Nantucket Airport and seven at Martha's Vineyard Airport. Cape Air, which flies short flights to several Massachusetts airports and in the Caribbean, had canceled 37 flights by Friday afternoon, according to FlightAware, which tracks aviation.
Lee brought tropical storm conditions to Bermuda on Thursday and several airlines have offered waivers to travelers flying in and out of the island nation. Both American and Delta Airlines have offered to waive change fees for flyers traveling to or from Bermuda on Sept. 14 and 15.
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launched six space tourists on a high-speed dash to the edge of space and back Friday, giving the passengers — including a husband and wife making their second flight — about three minutes of weightlessness and an out-of-this world view before the capsule made a parachute descent to touchdown at the company's west Texas flight facility.