heather unruh is here with what she is revealing. heather: phil -- a new york medical examiner says michael johnston died of natural causes. his widow was told he suffered a massive heart attack and adds, he had a history of heart problems. american airlines flight 550 was heading to boston from phoenix when 57-year-old michael johnston passed away on board. the co-pilot safely diverted to syracuse, where paramedics were waiting at the gate. johnston' s widow says he had recently lost weight and felt better than ever, after having had surgery about a decade ago. >> he has had troubles with his heart, he had double bypass in 2006. as far as we knew he was in perfect health, when he left yesterday he was perfectly fine. he said he felt better than he had in a long time. reporter: it was a total shock. reporter:the -- it was a total shock. reporter: the faa says they are allowed to have coronary disease. johnston underwent -- and passed -- a physical exam every six months, as required by law, so he was allowed to continue to fly. jc: nsa

let' s get you right to heather unruh who has the details , heather? heather: dynamic airways is the carrier we are talking about. this is very much the story of a little known airline that will now get a lot of scrutiny. dynamic airways is the carrier we' re talking about, the flight was headed to caracas, venezuela. flames broke out in an engine of the boeing 767 as it prepared for takeoff this afternoon. passengers and crew evacuating by the emergency slides. 15 people were injured. the incident shutting down fort lauderdale/hollywood international airport for hours. a pilot from another airline reporting a fuel leak just before the fire broke out. >> one person sustained serious injuries, burn injuries. we still do not know if that was cruel or a passenger. there were two less serious injuries. -- if that was a crew member or a passenger. there were two less serious injuries. the remaining 12 for what we call walking wounded. heather: dynamic is a small airline that connects fort lauderdale, new york, venezuela and guyana. it began servicing caraca

phil: heather unruh is here. heather his attorney claims it was all a misunderstanding? heather: that is what he says. his attorney admits his client made a poor choice of words, but did not make a bomb threat or even a joke about a bomb. campbell' s lawyers says a flight attendant made a comment that she was surprised he was able to get his bag into the overhead compartment. he allegedly everyone should be careful when the plane lands because the bag could shift and fall out like a bomb. >> no passengers on the plane screamed or yelled. the attendant to their did not say anything. he went back to his seat and apologized. he said i should not have said that. heather: campbell is free on 250 dollars bail. he did not comment after his arraignment today. he has been ordered to stay away from airports until the case is resolved. jc: coast guard spencer spent 60 days at sea rounding up drug smugglers and seizing more than 5000 pounds of marijuana and cocaine. the drugs are worth an estimated $50 million. phil: 68 degrees in needham. phil: to the weather now. live pictures of

heather unruh is here with what they' re revealing about the investigation. heather: tonight, we know all six chat -- passengers that were hurt have now been released from the hospital. the train was carrying passengers from saint albans, vermont to washington dc, when it hit some large rocks that had fallen onto the tracks. that sent the locomotive careening into a ravine. the president of amtrak is at the scene and spoke today about the investigation. joseph boardman: many passengers -- they would be looking at the speed of the train, how quick they put the brakes on, the track itself, what the extenuating circumstances were. had there many passengers were : -- heather many passengers were : forced to climb out of the trains widows and wandered the tracks with their luggage until emergency crews arrived. train service along the route is expected to be shut down until the weekend. jc: the water is back on in the still shut down after a water main break. water was gushing at the streets. prince street will not reopen until tomorrow. not all the damage was on t

but as heather unruh explains, new research suggests these women and their doctors may be missing an important step. heather: it's a simple blood test growing in popularity among women concerned about genetic mutations known to dramatically increase breast cancer risk. more women want the testing for the infamous b.r.c.a. genes but reports released today suggest many women who get it may not be getting the genetic counseling that should go with it. the new study appearing in oncology finding that more than seven out of ten women who asked their insurance companies to cover b.r.c.a. testing hadn't talked to a genetic counselor first. even though medical experts agree this counseling is crucial to informed decision-making. oddly, obgyn's were most likely to refer patients without genetic counseling and were more likely to refer women who did not fit criteria for b.r.c.a. testing such as those with no family history of certain cancers. antoinette: that was heather unruh reporting. before you ask to get tested for your genetic risk of breast cancer make sure your doctor sends you to a gen

heather: i am heather unruh. ed: and i' m ed harding. heather: new at 11:00, we are hearing from the boy' s relatives. newscenter 5' s john atwater is john? john: right now, we hearing from the family of that boy. the grandmother struggles to describe the pain of losing her daughter and grandson. grandmother: [crying] >> she can' t over -- can' t even grieve over her daughter because her family needs are right now. john: thankfully, the two-year-old will pull through. they hit a cement truck head-on. >> he' s just doing wonderful. john: christina was heading to a job where she works with troubled kids. >> she was a good person, a good person who would do something for everybody. john: the family is hoping to do something that would make route 20 safer. >> we know that there are two new angels looking down on us. john: and this stretch of roadway will be gooding another look. officials meet on thursday to discuss what changes could be made here. we are live in oxford, john atwater, wcvb newscenter 5. heather: and here is video of a little

i am heather unruh. ed: i am ed harding. mary are is live oxnard. mar. mary: if you look through the fence, you can see heavy white smoke now rising the burned-out shell of the warehouse. investigators still try complete list of what was inside. firefighters thousand they had the hands full witness they realize thing about was rum ber repurposeing company and what they didn't know is whether the former occupant, a chemical company, which sends toxins into the air. hazmat cruise quickly arrived to monitor air quality. >> we were just being safe because of previous occupant of thing abouts with a chemical plant thrash used to make plastic pellets. mary: lass concern, the business next door, patriot environmental. >> the adjoining whether. harry: crews worked feverishly to prevent the tire were truck in ten tankers of with earn drawing a mare bye lake. of firefighters quickly knocked it down to prevent the names from jumping from one to the other. in the, the test proved the air was safe ap the focus turned to the cause. it would be too early to suggest any

heather: and i'm heather unruh. three people face criminal cruelty charges. newscenter5's jorge quiroga is live in westport with the conditions uncovered. jorge: trash and fleas, police finding horror at every turn. >> three of the animals were dead, and they were able to recover three live cats, which jorge: as dragon, lizard, the remains of a second dog in a closet. a paperback book in the mouth. >> it was the fleas that were all over the animals sh. their movement was moving the air which made it appear as if that poor animal was breathing are bush it was dead. the stench overwell with aming. the homeowners, nicole and anthony, abandoned their home after splitting up. >> they were there dally, must have been watering the dogs, but no one has liveed in that house for years. jorge: the assist and address. there. it. >> it is a shame. because the animals have to pay. >> it is unfortunate because pets depend on us to take care of them. to leave them like to, and criminal, cruel. jorge: according to police, they were first called to the house by the police who

heather: and i' m heather unruh. someone you don' t want looking newscenter 5' s phil lipof is at the breaking news desk tonight. phil: new york' s attorney general just announced tonight that he is opening an inquiry into both draft kings and fan duel -- both billion dollar microscope -- after an employee from one company won $350,000 from the other. an employee for one of the two big fantasy companies, draft kings, based in boston -- won $350,000 on rival site fan duel. that happened the same week he inadvertently posted information picked the most in fantasy draft line-ups. that' s esentially insider information. his name is ethan haskel, and he acknowledged as much in this blog post a week ago -- "100% my fault and i apologize for any issues." attorney general maura healey: this is an industry that' s growing, it' s new industry and it' s growing like gang busters, and it' s something we' re all just leaning more about, and that' s where we are with it. phil: attoney general maura healey so far won' t go any furt

our own heather unruh emceed the event. you can see the exhibit from october 11 through january 18. emily: i wish she had her tiara. erika: heather? emily: both of them. cindy: yesterday we did something we haven't done all month long in boston we actually got up over 60 degrees. it's been a cool month, as you know. we've had the wet weather off and on. things are turning around. in fact, we are going to see nicer weather coming on in. and it is the time of year as we head into columbus day weekend that we start to see the leaves changing. it's a little behind this year. this picture from west central new hampshire, you can see there another picture coming in from bolton showing you that, yes indeed, we are starting to see that change. if you're thinking of heading north this weekend to take in some of the foliage, we are seeing peak foliage conditions across far northern new england but a lot of moderate color out through a good portion of central new england. we're starting to see the splashes of color around here. usually it takes closer to halloween before we really get into it o

windy, rainy, nasty night out there as the remnants of hurricane patricia whip good evening, i'm heather unruh. ed: and i'm ed harding. this is going to be with us through the night. let's go right to stormteam 5's harvey leonard in the weather center. harvey. harvey: gusts even higher in southern portions of rhode island and southeastern mass. these are all wind damage reports and also notice the one we have up there. report. as you a in see, came out of danvers wash tree down on house and a truck. you know it has been around. pockets of strong enough winds damage. wind advisories stays in fek all the way through 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning and winds that hour. already over an inch of rain in worcester. more heavy count pours to come. right now, we're seeing heavier downposser in southern southern worcester county at this time. there are many more to come. we are starting to see lightning show up as well. as we get past midnight and toward dawn, that is when some of these storms can contain lightning and strong and if not even damaginged with withs. the morning commute, you have to watch the