An “incident” involving an airplane and a vehicle occurred on a runway at LaGuardia Airport in New York, firefighters announced on Monday. New York fire services “responded to an incident between an airplane and a vehicle on a runway” on runway number 4, a spokesperson declared in an email. The exact nature of the incident was not specified. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had previously announced the closure of the airport due to an “emergency.” It stated that the likelihood of this measure being extended was “high.” Official emergency alert services in New York warned the public to “expect cancellations, road closures, traffic slowdowns, and the presence of emergency personnel” near this major transportation hub located in the Queens borough, which only serves destinations in the United States and Canada. “Take alternative routes,” they recommended on X. All flights departing from LaGuardia were delayed or canceled on Monday morning, according to the airport’s website. LaGuardia was already experiencing flight disruptions due to poor weather conditions, the airport had reported on X. Passengers also had to wait longer to go through security checks due to “staffing impacts” caused by the expiration of federal funding, the airport had specified last week.
