Over 500 flights canceled at LGA<\/p>\n
As of 5:30 a.m., more than 500 flights into and out of LaGuardia have been canceled, according to the website FlightAware<\/a>.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 7 minutes ago<\/p>\n By Maureen Mullarkey<\/a><\/p>\n Grand Central congestion<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 50 minutes ago<\/p>\n By Matthew Chayes<\/a><\/p>\n Details on the injured<\/p>\n In addition to the two pilots, who were killed, 41 people aboard the plane were hospitalized in the crash\u00a0between the Air Canada plane and the Port Authority vehicle, according to the Port Authority’s executive director Kathryn Garcia.<\/p>\n Thirty-two people have been released, Garcia said.<\/p>\n In addition to the 41, a\u00a0sergeant and a Port Authority police\u00a0officer are in stable condition, she said.<\/p>\n 8:45 a.m.<\/p>\n By Matthew Chayes<\/a><\/p>\n Rescue vehicle was responding to another incident<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 8:20 a.m.<\/p>\n By Matthew Chayes<\/a><\/p>\n Two pilots killed in LaGuardia crash A view of the crash scene early on Monday. Credit: Newsday\/James Carbone<\/p>\n The Air Canada pilots have been killed in the crash between their plane\u00a0and\u00a0a firefighting vehicle late Sunday night on a LaGuardia Airport runway, the Port Authority executive director Kathryn Garcia said at a news conference early Monday.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n The collision happened as the plane was landing, Garcia said.<\/p>\n 8:30 a.m.<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774259408_963_image.jpeg\"\/)
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