Plane crash scene still active
Emergency services continue to work the scene of a plane crash on the runway of LaGuardia Airport on Monday morning. Credit: Newsday/Maureen Mullarkey
From atop a parking garage, emergency crews could be seen attending to the ruined Air Canada jet on the runway at 8 a.m. under gray and rainy skies.
Flashing emergency vehicles surrounding the crash site were visible from the Terminal B parking garage, as well as rubble from the crash behind it.
More than a dozen United Airways and American Airlines planes remained parked by gates or on the runway.
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