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A fatal crash on the tarmac at LaGuardia Airport in New York late Sunday caused cancellations for passengers in Portland and Boston on Monday.

An Air Canada jet carrying more than 70 passengers collided with a fire truck while landing on the tarmac. The pilot and copilot died, and officials said about 40 passengers and crew members on the regional flight went to the hospital with injuries, according to reporting from The Associated Press.

The Queens airport was closed for hours Monday and didn’t reopen until 2 p.m., according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

The Portland International Jetport has three arrivals from and three departures to LaGuardia every day, said Assistant Director Zach Sundquist. Four of those six flights were canceled Monday. One departure and one arrival remained on schedule Monday afternoon.

“Our thoughts are with everyone involved,” Sundquist said.

Sundquist advised passengers to contact their airlines to learn more about rebooking options. Some are rebooking passengers to other airports in the New York region, he said.

Jennifer Mehigan, director of media relations for Boston Logan International Airport, said in an email that the airport had at least 19 flights to LaGuardia scheduled Monday — six on American Airlines and 13 on Delta Airlines. She did not have further information on impacts to those flights and also said passengers should reach out to their airlines for more details.

Megan Gray is an arts and culture reporter at the Portland Press Herald. A Midwest native, she moved to Maine in 2016. She has written about presidential politics and local government, jury trials and...

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