New York's LaGuardia Airport faces widespread flight delays, cancellations for two consecutive days

LaGuardia Airport in New York faced widespread flight delays and cancellations for two consecutive days on Tuesday after a collision between an aircraft and a fire truck at the airport on Sunday.

On Tuesday, the number of flight delays and cancellations had reached nearly 400, affecting domestic, inbound, and outbound flights.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) stated that one of the airport's two runways is expected to reopen on Friday.

Two pilots were killed, and dozens of others were injured as an Air Canada Express flight collided with a fire truck when landing at the airport late Sunday.

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.

Authorities confirmed that the pilot and copilot were killed, and about 40 passengers and crew members were taken to local hospitals, some with serious injuries.

New York's LaGuardia Airport faces widespread flight delays, cancellations for two consecutive days

International Energy Agency (IEA) Executive Director Fatih Birol warned on Thursday that the global oil market may enter a "red zone" in July and August this year, as fuel demand rise and stocks dwindle.

Birol noted that the supply crisis triggered by the situation in the Middle East was initially cushioned by spare capacity in the global oil market, but that oil stocks are now gradually decreasing.

The 32 members of the IEA on March 11 unanimously agreed to make 400 million barrels of oil from their emergency reserves available to the market in response to disruptions caused by the Middle East conflict.

The IEA stands ready to coordinate further reserve releases if necessary, Birol added.

IEA chief warns of global oil market entering "red zone" this summer