Flights resume with reduction in transportation capacity after Air Canada plane collision

Flights have been resumed but with reduction in transportation capacity on Monday afternoon after an Air Canada Express flight collided with a fire truck when landing at New York's LaGuardia Airport late Sunday.

Two pilots were killed and dozens of others injured.

The plane, carrying 72 passengers and four crew members from Montreal, struck a fire truck from the Port Authority that was responding to a separate incident, said Kathryn Garcia, executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a ground stop for all planes at the airport shortly after the collision.

The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) was deploying a team of experts to investigate the incident, according to the agency.

Teams from Air Canada and Jazz Aviation were also deployed to New York to cooperate with both the NTSB and the Transportation Safety Board of Canada in the investigation.

As a result, a large number of passengers were stranded at the airport.

As of 10 o'clock local time on Monday, more than 600 flights at the airport had been canceled or delayed.

"We've been here since 1 a.m., with the two-and-a-half-year-old [child]. So we're here trying to go home," said Scott, a passenger.

"I've been here since 2 a.m.. I left the hotel at 1 a.m.,at 1 a.m.my original flight was around -- we would board at 5 and then we would depart at 6. So I basically should be home already. So it's been, I've been here around for eight going on nine hours already," said Alia, another passenger.

Flights resume with reduction in transportation capacity after Air Canada plane collision

Flights resume with reduction in transportation capacity after Air Canada plane collision

Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Thursday presided over a State Council executive meeting that studied work on building a unified national market and reviewed and approved a plan for the development of a modern emergency response system during the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030).

Noting that building a unified national market is essential to advancing high-quality development, the meeting called for deepening institutional frameworks in areas such as property rights protection, market access, fair competition, social credit and market exit mechanisms.

The meeting also urged efforts to advance high-standard connectivity of market infrastructure to facilitate smooth economic circulation and effectively reduce logistics costs across society.

Emergency management is critical to protecting people's lives and property, the meeting said. It called for accelerating the development of a modern emergency response system, deepening reform and innovation in emergency management, and improving coordinated response mechanisms.

Efforts should be made to strengthen risk prevention at the source, enhance monitoring, forecasting and early warning, and accelerate a shift in governance toward proactive prevention, according to the meeting.

A draft revision of the Law on the People's Bank of China was also discussed and approved in principle at the meeting, which decided to submit the draft to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress for deliberation.

Chinese premier chairs State Council executive meeting