Several flights to and from Boston’s Logan International Airport have already been canceled following a fatal plane crash early this morning at New York’s LaGuardia Airport.
A plane landing at LaGuardia Airport collided with an emergency vehicle on the runway, killing the pilot and co-pilot and seriously injuring two Port Authority Police officers, according to sources. More than a dozen other people were injured, and some remain hospitalized.
LaGuardia Airport
The impact is already being felt in Logan, where some cancellations are already being recorded in Terminal B. In total, there are around 25 cancellations across the airport, most of them linked to LaGuardia, where the consequences of this tragedy persist.
Air Canada Express
Images from the scene show what happened. The nose of that Air Canada Express plane was left suspended in mid-air.
At the time of the accident, which occurred around 11:30 p.m. on Sunday, there were 72 people on board. The plane was traveling at approximately 25-30 mph when the fire truck was responding to another incident and the collision occurred.
An investigation is now underway, with the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration trying to determine what led to the communication failure.
The FAA has suspended all flights at LaGuardia Airport at least until 2 p.m. on Monday.
We’ll keep you updated throughout the morning on what this means for those traveling from Logan. As of 6 a.m., Flight Aware was reporting 24 cancellations and 15 delays.
