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LaGuardia Resumes Limited Flights After Fatal Runway Crash Spurs Federal Probe

LaGuardia Airport gingerly resumed limited flights after an Air Canada plane, landing from Montreal, collided late Sunday with a Port Authority rescue truck on Runway 4, killing both pilots and injuring dozens. Officials blame a last-second mix-up in tower instructions; the National Transportation Safety Board is investigating. Travel, already snarled by a Homeland Security shutdown and vigilant ICE agents, somehow found room for even more turbulence.

A fatal late-Sunday collision at New York’s LaGuardia Airport involving an Air Canada jet and an emergency vehicle closed the hub, killed two pilots, and pushed nearly 600 flight cancellations as of Monday, while a partial federal shutdown left TSA lines snaking through JFK and Newark. President Trump sent ICE agents as backup—proof, perhaps, that if one wants quick passage, luck now beats planning.

LaGuardia Airport replays its role as New York's least beloved gateway after Air Canada Flight 8646 clipped a Port Authority rescue truck late Sunday, killing two pilots, injuring dozens, and strewing debris across its runways. While federal sleuths wade through the wreckage—delayed, fittingly, by epic TSA queues—travelers can expect days of chaos, though thankfully not 34 years’ worth, since the last fatal crash here.

An Air Canada jet arriving from Montreal collided with a fire truck at New York’s LaGuardia Airport late Sunday, killing both pilots and injuring several of the 70-plus people aboard—though a seatbelted flight attendant survived an unscheduled ejection. Amid a shortage of air traffic controllers, officials are now picking through cockpit debris (and recriminations), with the runway closed for days and the National Transportation Safety Board scripting the next chapter.

A collision at New York’s LaGuardia Airport between an Air Canada jet and a fire truck killed both pilots and injured dozens, but federal investigators, slowed by the government shutdown, took longer than usual to reach the scene. Authorities salvaged the cockpit voice recorder, offering some hope that the cause will emerge—assuming bureaucracy doesn’t outpace the black box in spilling secrets.

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