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Fatal collision at LaGuardia disrupts flights in Chicago

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Lauren Victory
Lauren Victory
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Lauren joined CBS News Chicago in May 2016 and is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.
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Flights at O'Hare International Airport were disrupted Monday morning after a deadly collision between a plane and a firetruck shut down LaGuardia Airport in New York City.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which runs the airport in the New York City Borough of Queens, said in a statement that the pilot and co-pilot of the Air Canada Express plane were killed, and 41 people were taken to hospitals — 39 from the aircraft, and two PA Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting officers from the firetruck.

Officials said the crash happened after the crew in the firetruck drove onto the runway to get to a United Airlines plane.

The Federal Aviation Administration issued a ground stop at LaGuardia until at least 1 p.m. Chicago time, as the National Transportation Safety Board investigated.

The result was a domino effect for business travelers and people trying to connect through O'Hare.

As of 6:30 a.m., there were at least 37 cancellations and five delays for flights between O'Hare and LaGuardia, and nine cancellations of flights between Midway and LaGuardia.

Meanwhile, the crash at LaGuardia was not the only issue disrupting flights at O'Hare Monday morning. The Transportation Security Administration headache brought on by a partial government shutdown affecting the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is getting more painful across the country.

The Trump administration said effective as soon as Monday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents could be deployed to airports to relieve congestion at TSA checkpoints.

ICE was spotted at O'Hare Monday morning.

No federal agents were spotted at Terminal 1 check-in at O'Hare. But a TSA worker by baggage claim identified a man dressed all in black inside a security exit downstairs as an ICE agent.

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