Patriots Plane Being Used to Transport Critical Masks from China to MA, Reports WSJ

Patriots Plane Being Used to Transport Critical Masks from China to MA, Reports WSJ

An exclusive report by the Wall Street Journal unveils that the New England Patriot's team plane is being used to fly critical supplies from China to Massachusetts. 

The plane is housed at T.F. Green Airport.

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The WSJ reports:

At 3:38 a.m. Wednesday morning, the New England Patriots’ team plane departed from an unusual locale: Shenzhen, China. On board the Boeing 767, in the cargo hold that used to be home to Tom Brady’s duffel bags, were 1.2 million N95 masks bound for the U.S.

Video and pictures of the event show workers in masks and full-body suits at Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport loading box after box of the scarce and valuable personal protective equipment onto a red, white and blue plane emblazoned with the Patriots logo and “6X CHAMPIONS.”

The plane was permitted to be on the ground in China for a maximum of three hours, people familiar with the matter said, and the crew was required to stay on the plane while a ground crew loaded the cargo. It took 2 hours and 57 minutes. On Thursday, that plane will land somewhere more familiar: Boston Logan International Airport.