Pilot, copilot killed in collision between jet and fire truck
March 23, 2026
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as posted by the channelNew York’s LaGuardia Airport is closed until at least 2 p.m. Monday after a deadly collision between a passenger plane arriving from Montreal and a fire truck on the runway. Officials say two pilots were killed.
The nose of the Air Canada regional jet was completely demolished when it slammed into a fire truck that was crossing the runway just as the plane landed at LaGuardia late last night. Port Authority officials say the pilot and co-pilot were killed. Forty-one people were taken to nearby hospitals, some with serious injuries. Most have since been released.
Two police officers who were on that fire truck were also suffered injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening. They were called out to respond to a report of a bad odor in another passenger jet. Just before the crash, an air traffic controller was heard on a radio transmission giving clearance to the fire truck to cross part of the tarmac, then frantically trying to stop it.
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