Delays were expected to continue for days at LaGuardia Airport as the runway where the Air Canada plane collided with a fire truck on Sunday night remained closed, officials said on Monday.
Jennifer Homendy, the chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, said at a Monday evening news conference that there was a significant amount of debris on the runway that would need to be examined and documented, along with other evidence from the crash site.
“It’s going to take some time,” Ms. Homendy said.
Ian Gregor, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration, said in an email on Monday that the arrival rate at LaGuardia had been reduced because the runway was unavailable. Departures to the airport were delayed by just under three hours on average, according to the agency’s website. A federal notice said that the runway could reopen on Friday.
LaGuardia had been closed until 2 p.m. on Monday. After reopening, the airport said in a statement on social media that travelers should continue to expect delays and cancellations, and advised passengers to check with their airlines for the latest information about their flights.
The delays came as New York City airports already under strain over the weekend because of a national shortage of Transportation Security Administration agents caused by the Department of Homeland Security shutdown. Long security lines disrupted operations at LaGuardia, where wait times exceeded three hours.
Claire Fahy reports on New York City and the surrounding area for The Times.
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