2 Air Canada pilots dead after flight from Montreal crashes at LaGuardia Airport
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Two Air Canada pilots are dead after their flight originating from Montreal collided with a fire truck at New York’s LaGuardia Airport Sunday night.
Two Air Canada pilots are dead after their flight originating from Montreal collided with a fire truck at New York’s LaGuardia Airport Sunday night.
The Jazz Aviation flight, Air Canada’s regional airline, was carrying 76 people when it touched down and slammed into a fire truck on a runway at around 11:30 p.m. March 22.
Kathryn Garcia, executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which runs the airport, said the 72 passengers and four crew have been accounted for.
However, the two pilots – who were based out of Canada – died, she told reporters early Monday morning.
Garcia said 41 people were taken to two hospitals in Queens and 32 were eventually released. Nine remained in care, including some in serious condition, she said.
Two Port Authority employees travelling in the fire truck suffered non-life-threatening injuries, she added.
The flight originated from Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport; a fire truck was crossing the runway in response to a separate incident involving a United Airlines flight when it was hit. Garcia said that issue was related to an odour on takeoff.
“The airport is currently closed to facilitate the response and allow for a thorough investigation. This is a developing situation based on preliminary information,” LaGuardia said in a post on X Monday morning.
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