Herald staff
The Boeing Co.’s new headquarters in Chicago was closed as a precaution, as was the company’s Washington, D.C., office.
Operations around Puget Sound continued under “heightened security,” according to a prerecorded statement on an emergency phone system.
An employee at the assembly plant in Everett said that security checks at the factory gates were more stringent, with all cars being stopped and checked and all drivers being asked to show photo identification. Trucks were being routed to one spot to be inspected, before they were allowed on the site.
At nearby Paine Field Airport, things were very quiet.
The Federal Aviation Administration had turned control of all air space to the military, so all flights were cancelled, including several planned by Boeing involving new aircraft.
Dave Waggoner, airport director, said no flights were diverted to Paine.
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