A hole found on one of LaGuardia's 13/31 runway has caused the delay of several flights as well as the closure of the specific runway for about five hours on Wednesday. A spokesperson for the Port Authority, owner and operator of LaGuardia, revealed that the hole was discovered after a departing aircraft reported about it at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
The crew immediately resorted to repairing the runway. The whole repair took about five hours and ended at around 8 o'clock in the evening. The hole was said to be about 8 feet by 2 feet in size.
Reports from Newsday reveals that the spokesman said they "don't know the cause or the size of the damage to the runway." However, another report from NBC New York stated that airport sources have told them: "A plane landing at LaGuardia Airport blew out a chunk of concrete on the runway as it was coming down, and flights were backed up for over an hour as crews repaired the runway." Meanwhile, a Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman also said they were only told by the Port Authority about the repair happening at the approach end of LaGuardia's runway 13.
The long hours have resulted to travelers becoming frustrated. To vent out their frustration, some of the travelers took to social media and expressed their dismay about the situation.
"Pothole found on the #LGA runway. Flight delays, 30th in line to takeoff! @NYGovCuomo please help this city's potentially great airport!" said Twitter user @jeffersongaddis.
"3rd world country laguardia airport has only 1 runway working & at least 40 airplanes waiting in line 4 takeoff on beautiful sunny nite," tweeted user @michaeltomaso.
On the other hand, the other runway was left open at the airport. This has created "a bottleneck of flights trying to get in and out through the afternoon and evening."
Departing and arriving flights were delayed from half an hour to over an hour due to the situation.
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