Two pilots have been killed in a crash between a regional Air Canada plane and a firefighting vehicle late Sunday night on a LaGuardia Airport runway.
The crash happened at about 11:40 p.m., when a Jazz Aviation flight, operating on behalf of Air Canada, struck a Port Authority firefighting and rescue vehicle that had been responding to a separate incident, the Port Authority said in a statement.
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Over 500 flights canceled at LGA
As of 5:30 a.m., more than 500 flights into and out of LaGuardia have been canceled, according to the website FlightAware.
There are roughly 1,000 flights a day, according to statistics posted by the Port Authority, which runs LaGuardia and the region’s other major airports.
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Grand Central congestion
The Grand Central Parkway was slick from heavy morning rains near LaGuardia as police closed off Exit 7, a main ramp to the airport. Traffic in the right lane was at a crawl approaching Exit 5 where some vehicles were being allowed to get off.
Police vehicles, their lights flashing in the pre-dawn darkness, and orange cones barred the normal path into the airport. The outer lanes of the Grand Central were moving normally around the tie-up around 5:30 a.m.
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Details on the injured
In addition to the two pilots, who were killed, 41 people aboard the plane were hospitalized in the crash between the Air Canada plane and the Port Authority vehicle, according to the Port Authority’s executive director Kathryn Garcia.
Thirty-two people have been released, Garcia said.
In addition to the 41, a sergeant and a Port Authority police officer are in stable condition, she said.
8:45 a.m.
Rescue vehicle was responding to another incident
The fire rescue vehicle on the runway was responding to an unrelated report of an odor aboard a United Airlines plane, officials said at a news conference early Monday.
8:20 a.m.
Two pilots killed in LaGuardia crash
A view of the crash scene early on Monday. Credit: Newsday/James Carbone
The Air Canada pilots have been killed in the crash between their plane and a firefighting vehicle late Sunday night on a LaGuardia Airport runway, the Port Authority executive director Kathryn Garcia said at a news conference early Monday.
The crash was about 11:40 p.m., when a Jazz Aviation flight, operating on behalf of Air Canada, struck a Port Authority firefighting and rescue vehicle that had been responding to a separate incident, the Port Authority said in a statement.
The collision happened as the plane was landing, Garcia said.
8:30 a.m.
LaGuardia closure plan
The airport is scheduled to be closed until at least 2 p.m. on Monday, according to the FAA.
Check with your airline for the latest information.
At the same time, the NYPD has closed all LaGuardia exits on the Grand Central Parkway.
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Two pilots killed in LaGuardia crash
A view of the crash scene early on Monday. Credit: Newsday/James Carbone
The Air Canada pilots have been killed in the crash between their plane and a firefighting vehicle late Sunday night on a LaGuardia Airport runway, the Port Authority executive director Kathryn Garcia said at a news conference early Monday.
The crash was about 11:40 p.m., when a Jazz Aviation flight, operating on behalf of Air Canada, struck a Port Authority firefighting and rescue vehicle that had been responding to a separate incident, the Port Authority said in a statement.
The collision happened as the plane was landing, Garcia said.