LaGuardia plane crash: Runway reopens after mangled aircraft, truck removed

The runway is back open at LaGuardia after the plane and fire truck were removed on Wednesday. Port Authority said the runway was repaired, inspected and meets FAA regulations.

The full statement from Port Authority says:

"As of 9:58am, Runway 4/22 has reopened at LaGuardia Airport. Since the removal of the plane and truck late Wednesday, the runway and associated infrastructure has been repaired, inspected, and confirmed to meet FAA regulations for safe operation.

"The reopening of Runway 4/22 will help restore full operational capacity at LaGuardia, though travelers are still encouraged to check with their airline for flight status.

"The Port Authority remains fully engaged with the ongoing NTSB investigation."

Lauren Glassberg has the latest on the runway reopening at LaGuardia.

Investigators on Thursday will conduct interviews with at least one of the two police officers that was in grave danger inside the Port Authority firetruck that collided with the Air Canada plane at LaGuardia Airport.

Meantime, questions over staffing and safety systems at LGA intensify. NTSB has completed their examination of the wreckage following the deadly crash on site, and has turned over the jet to Air Canada.

Crews worked through the night to remove the wreckage of the jet and the Port Authority firetruck that collided on Sunday night.

The firetruck had been cleared to cross the runway just seconds before the collision by an air traffic controller.

The bodies of the pilots killed in the crash were scheduled to be flown home in a dignified transfer on an Air Canada plane departing from Newark Liberty Airport Wednesday night.

Phil Taitt reports from LaGuardia Airport.

The bodies of the pilot and co-pilot killed in the crash will be flown home in a dignified transfer on an Air Canada plane departing from Newark Liberty International Airport on Wednesday night.

The bodies were released from the Medical Examiner's office to a Queens funeral home after autopsies determined both men died of blunt force injuries.

By midafternoon at LaGuardia on Wednesday, the lines for security screening stretched across both ends of Terminal B.

Across the concourse, around corners and back again. Hundreds and hundreds of people dragging their bags and inching along, determined to catch their flights if it takes all day.

The line for TSA Pre-check was at least 90 minutes. For those without it, it was literally hours.

Roughly 70% of LaGuardia's scheduled flights took off Wednesday.

The rest were canceled with one of the airport's two runways was still closed. Port Authority police assisted NTSB investigators in the afternoon as they got their first look inside the mangled cockpit of Air Canada Flight 8646.

The jet touched down at roughly 100 miles per hour when it slammed into a 35-ton fire truck crossing the runway on Sunday night. Both pilots were killed-everyone else survived.

N.J. Burkett has the latest at LaGuardia Airport following the deadly plane crash.