Late Sunday evening, March 22 (the morning of March 23 local time), an Air Canada Express aircraft collided with a ground services vehicle on the runway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, CBS News reports. Following the incident, the airport temporarily suspended arrivals and departures.
According to the American outlet The Mirror, 60 people were injured in the collision. The report suggests the aircraft may have struck a fire truck, with four of the injured identified as firefighters.
CNN notes that as early as the evening of March 22, LaGuardia authorities had warned of adverse weather conditions—rain and fog—that could affect flight operations.
LaGuardia is among the busiest airports in the United States by passenger traffic.
In 2009, an aircraft departing from LaGuardia struck a flock of birds, causing both engines to fail. Pilot Chesley Sullenberger managed to land the plane on water, and no one on board was injured. The incident became known as the “Miracle on the Hudson.”