Ontario college aviation program remembers pilot graduate killed in LaGuardia crash
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One of two pilots killed in a plane crash at New York's LaGuardia Airport Sunday earned his wings at an Ontario college, CBC News has learned.
The pilots have been identified as Antoine Forest and MacKenzie Gunther, according to Radio-Canada sources.
Gunther, who was first officer on the flight, graduated from Seneca College's aviation technology program in 2023, according to an online memoriam posted on the school's website this week. The program is based out of Peterborough, Ont.
The two men were killed when Air Canada Express Flight 8646 — a CRJ-900 operated by Jazz Aviation that was carrying 72 passengers and four crew members from Montreal to New York — crashed into a Port Authority fire truck crossing the runway as the plane landed Sunday night. More than 40 people were taken to hospital after the crash.
Gunther joined Jazz Aviation immediately after graduating from Seneca, according to the school's memoriam. Seneca campuses will fly flags at half-mast Tuesday to honour his memory.
"Seneca sends our deepest condolences to Mr. Gunther’s family and friends, and to his former colleagues and professors. He will be deeply missed," the memoriam read.
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