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LaGuardia Airport: The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a ground stop for all aeroplanes at the LaGuardia Airport in New York. This was after an Air Canada Express Plane collided with a ground vehicle despite repeated warnings from the air traffic control (ATC) tower.
In pictures on social media, the Air Canada plane could be seen with visible damages to the aircraft’s nose section and the fuselage tilted upward. According to reports, more than 50 people have sustained severe injuries.
LaGuardia Airport-Flightradar24 Post
Flightradar24, the global flight tracker, made a post on X that a CRJ-900 and ARFF truck, including the Frontier flight returning to Atlanta, collided. A big majority of diversions went to the two other New York area airports (John F Kennedy International Airport and Newark Liberty International Airport).
In a statement, the port authority remarked that a Jazz Aviation flight was involved at the LaGuardia airport’s runway 4.
Soon, the FAA issued a ground stop for all aeroplanes. According to media reports, the co-pilot and pilot of the plane were badly injured along with 4 fire-fighters. Reportedly, the plane was carrying 100 passengers at the time of the accident and many of them are likely to have been severely injured.
Reportedly, the truck belonged to the Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighter Unit of the Port Authority Police Department.
Audio Clip Gone Viral
In an audio clip that is now going viral on social media platforms where the ATC controller could be heard shouting, “Truck one and company, crossing four at D. Frontier 4195, just stop there please. Stop, stop, stop. Truck one, stop. Delta 2603, go around the runway.”
The FAA communicated in an advisory to airmen that the LaGuardia Airport could remain closed until 18 GMT. This signals the possibility of prolonged duration at an important aviation hub in New York.