Two commercial planes collided on the track of LaGuardia Airport in New York, on the night of Friday, October 31, with no reports of injured passengers or crew.
After the incident, authorities proceeded to evacuation of all passengers on board flights, further complicating the crisis due to the lack of air traffic controllers, due to the closure of the Federal Government in the United States.
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The crash occurred when the flight 580 United Airlines landed from Chicago and when heading to the arrival gate he collided with the tail of the flight 434 of the same airline, who was waiting on the runway to take off for Houston, Texas.
The city of New York already lived a chaotic day at its airports due to the combination of strong winds and the lack of personnel in its control towers; he John F. Kennedy International Airport temporarily suspended its takeoffs, as did LaGuardia.
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Air traffic controllers are part of the 730 thousand United States federal employees that cover essential tasks without charging your landa worrying situation because they could begin to absent from their posts of work while the closure situation continues.
Currently, the Senate remains blocked by the Democratic demand that subsidies for the Obamacare health program be extended, which expire at the end of the year, in exchange for approve the budget that lifts the closure.