LaGuardia collision of two Delta jets exposes shutdown danger, airlines warn of cascading delays, safety failures, and sabotage from Washington gridlock
The government shutdown is not some background squabble in Washington. It is already bleeding into the country’s infrastructure in ways that feel small today but can rupture into something catastrophic tomorrow. Two Delta jets just clipped each other at LaGuardia, ripping a wing off one aircraft while both were still taxiing. That accident didn’t happen …