LaGuardia Airport Runway Reopens After Plane Crash Wreckage Is Removed
The New York Times • • business
Key Points:
- LaGuardia Airport resumed full operations on Thursday after reopening a runway damaged in a fatal crash on Sunday night, according to Port Authority spokesman Seth Stein.
- The runway had been closed since an Air Canada jet collided with a fire truck upon landing, resulting in the deaths of the two pilots and injuries to several passengers.
- The closure reduced the airport's capacity to about half, causing average flight delays of nearly three hours on Thursday morning.
- Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board examined the wreckage while the damaged truck and plane were removed by Wednesday.
- Repairs and inspections confirmed the runway met FAA safety regulations, allowing normal operations to resume just before 10 a.m. Thursday.
