2 pilots dead after Air Canada plane collides with truck

March 24, 2026

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• The Air Canada Express CRJ-900 sits on the runway after colliding with a Port Authority re truck at LaGuardia Airport in New York yesterday

Two pilots were killed and dozens were injured on Sunday night after an arriving plane collided with a fire truck on a runway at LaGuardia Airport.

The incident involved Air Canada Flight 8646, which had just landed with 72 passengers and four crew members, and a Port Authority fire-rescue vehicle responding to a separate issue on another flight. Air traffic control audio recordings appeared to show a controller had cleared the vehicle to cross the runway before telling it to stop.

“I messed up,” one air traffic controller is heard saying on the recording.

Sean Duffy said yesterday he is headed to the New York airport and that the Federal Aviation Administration, National Transportation Safety Board and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey are investigating.

Of those aboard, 41 people were treated for injuries at local hospitals, some of them seriously, Port Authority Executive Director Kathryn Garcia told a news conference early Monday. So far, 32 have been released from hospitals.

Two of the injured, a sergeant and an officer, have broken limbs and are in stable condition, according to preliminary information from sources with knowledge of the investigation. Garcia said the two officers had non-life-threatening injuries.

Sources said the plane, a Jazz Aviation flight operating on behalf of Air Canada, was at the end of landing and going about 30 mph when the collision occurred at around 11:40 p.m.

—NBC

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