MAPPED: How the Air Canada plane crash caused chaos for East Coast travelers

Air Canada Express Flight 8646 collided with a firefighting truck at LaGuardia Airport on Monday.

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• LaGuardia Airport was closed for hours after an Air Canada plane crashed on Monday.
• More than 600 flights were canceled affecting thousands of travelers at 74 other airports.
• Some flights also turned around and returned to their origin.

More than 600 flights were canceled after an airplane crash at New York's LaGuardia Airport on Monday.