All morning flights from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport to New York’s LaGuardia Airport are canceled on Monday, March 23.
Arrivals to Cincinnati from LaGuardia were also canceled for the day.
The cancellations came after an Air Canada Express jet collided with a firetruck while landing at LaGuardia late Sunday. The incident killed both pilots, injured dozens and closed the airport, according to Reuters.
At the Cincinnati airport, all the flights to and from LaGuardia on Monday are through Delta Air Lines.
The following departures from CVG to LGA were canceled:
Source: CVG website
The following arrivals from LGA to CVG were canceled:
Source: CVG website
What departures and arrivals are still scheduled?
As of Monday morning, two departures from Cincinnati to LaGuardia remain scheduled to take off on Monday, according to the Cincinnati airport’s website. Flight 9E4987 remains scheduled to take off at 1:50 p.m. and flight 9E4987 remains scheduled to take off at 5:55 p.m.
Two arrivals from LaGuardia also remain scheduled on Monday. Although the flights now have slightly different arrival times. Flight 9E4999 is scheduled to arrive at 7:49 p.m. and flight 9E4972 is scheduled to arrive at 9:40 p.m.
What happened at LaGuardia?
The Air Canada Express CRJ-900 plane, operated by its regional partner Jazz Aviation, was carrying 72 passengers and four crew members from Montreal, Canada, said Kathryn Garcia, the executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Jazz is owned by Chorus Aviation.
Garcia said the firetruck was responding to a separate United Airlines aircraft that had “reported an issue with odor.” The firetruck was cleared to cross the runway, Reuters reported.
Moments later, according to air traffic control audio, a controller can be heard saying, “Stop, stop, stop, truck 1 stop, truck 1, stop,” according to Reuters.
The aircraft struck the fire vehicle at a speed of about 24 miles per hour, according to flight tracking website Flightradar24, which last recorded data at 11:37 p.m. ET.
Photos taken by Reuters after the accident showed visible damage to the nose of the plane, which was tilted upward.
Garcia said 32 of the 41 injured had been released, while nine remained in hospital with “serious injuries.” Those injured included passengers, crew members and the two officers aboard the firetruck; both officers remained hospitalized with injuries that were not considered life-threatening.
Enquirer reporter Quinlan Bentley and Reuters contributed to this report.
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: CVG flights to/from LaGuardia canceled after jet hits truck there, killing 2
Reporting by Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer / Cincinnati Enquirer
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