Video captures moment Air Canada plane collides with fire truck at LaGuardia Airport; Pilot, co-pilot killed

Video captures moment Air Canada plane collides with fire truck at LaGuardia Airport; Pilot, co-pilot killed

Video captures moment Air Canada plane collides with fire truck at LaGuardia Airport; Pilot, co-pilot killed
Air Canada plane collides with fire truck

Footage has emerged of the exact moment an Air Canada flight collided with a fire truck while landing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport late Sunday night, killing both the pilot and co-pilot and injuring several others.Read this also Who was Antoine Forest? One of 2 Air Canada pilots killed in LaGuardia plane crash identifiedThe video shows the truck crossing the tarmac just as the plane collides with it.“Oh God!” A person – presumably watching the CCTV footage – can be heard saying in the background.Moments before the collision, an air traffic controller can be heard immediately instructing the fire trucks to stop over airport communications.Read this also ‘Wait, wait, wait!’: Cockpit audio captures pilot, co-pilot’s final moments before Air Canada crashAbout 20 minutes later, the controller took responsibility, saying, “We were dealing with an emergency earlier. I messed up.”The truck was allowed to enter the runway to investigate a United Airlines plane that had reported an odor onboard.The Jazz Aviation flight, operated by Air Canada, was carrying 72 passengers and four crew members, according to the airline. The flight originated from Montreal-Trudeau International Airport.Read this also Is LaGuardia Airport open? Hundreds of flights disrupted after deadly runway collision in New YorkAbout 40 passengers and crew members, including two people from the fire truck, were taken to hospitals, some of whom were seriously injured. Most were released by Monday morning, officials said.Katherine Garcia, executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates LaGuardia, said the pilot and co-pilot who died both lived in Canada. According to the 2025 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) database, it was the 19th busiest airport in the US in 2024, with more than 16.7 million passengers.FAA statistics show that there were 1,636 runway incursions last year.LaGuardia will remain closed until at least Monday afternoon (US local time) during an ongoing investigation led by the National Transportation Safety Board. Canada has also sent a team of investigators.(with AP input)

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