A firefighting crew was on hand during the removal and quickly tended to the smoke, Yakel said.
Later in the morning, the fuselage was cleared from the field where it had been sitting since the Saturday morning crash.
Friday morning, the front section of the plane was taken to a remote lot north of the airport. At the lot, crews could be seen using a combination of cranes, flatbed trucks and forklifts to gather the aircraft pieces. Engines and fragments of landing gear and the tail rested in a pile.
"We got it entirely relocated from the site," Yakel said. "It's a huge milestone for us."
Crews will now turn to the task of cleaning spilled jet fuel and repairing the surface of the runway as well as safety lights that were damaged.
"Our goal is to reopen the runway for commercial use by the end of Sunday," Yakel said.
Before that can happen, the Federal Aviation Administration must certify the runway before clearing it for landings. Yakel said the airport has been in close contact with the agency to facilitate an expeditious return to normal operations.
"They know how important it is for us to get that open as soon as possible," Yakel said.
He added that travelers have faced delays at a minimum of 45 minutes -- though many have reported some far longer -- and that between 75 and 100 flight cancellations a day have been made since the crash.
"Having one of four runways closed its like having a lane closed on a freeway, it's going to back up traffic," Yakel said. "Even when we're starting each morning with low clouds, when that burns off, we continue to have delays because of the runway."
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