There were 14 total cancellations at the Pittsburgh International Airport because of the closure at LaGuardia.<\/p>\n
A passenger jet struck a fire truck at LaGuardia early Monday morning.<\/p>\n
RELATED COVERAGE >>> LaGuardia Airport crash: Pilot, copilot killed in jet, fire truck collision<\/a><\/p>\n Channel 11 spoke with an aviation expert, Craig Conroy, about its impact not just here in Pittsburgh, but beyond.<\/p>\n \u201cFire trucks play an important role in aviation and certain situations there are on the taxi way, and on the runway if there\u2019s an incident, if there would be, but normally an incursion with a fire truck doesn\u2019t happen,\u201d Conroy said.<\/p>\n Conroy says an investigation could take well over a year.<\/p>\n As for Monday in Pittsburgh, six departing and eight arriving flights from LaGuardia were cancelled.<\/p>\n Channel spoke with one traveler who lived in New York for 33 years. She was relieved she was flying out of Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n \u201cWhenever you shut down LaGuardia or JFK it\u2019s just, you are messing up with so many schedule but if they gotta do what they gotta do, then they have to do it,\u201d Margarita Alcantara<\/p>\n The airport said people flying into Laguardia should check with their airlines about additional delays or cancellations.<\/p>\n Download the FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n Follow Channel 11 News on Facebook<\/a> and Twitter<\/a>. | Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n