Each pilots had been killed after an Air Canada Specific regional jet collided with a fireplace truck whereas touchdown at New York’s LaGuardia airport late on Sunday, closing the airport, authorities and U.S. media stated, in an incident set to attract scrutiny following a string of latest aviation lapses.
NBC Information, which reported the deaths, stated dozens of individuals had been injured within the incident.
The Air Canada Specific CRJ-900 aircraft, operated by its regional associate Jazz Aviation, was carrying 72 passengers and 4 crew members from Montreal, based mostly on a preliminary passenger checklist that remained topic to affirmation. Jazz is owned by Refrain Aviation.
The U.S. Nationwide Transportation Security Board (NTSB) stated it was deploying a workforce of technical consultants to analyze the incident.
Hearth truck was cleared to cross runway
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey stated the firefighting car was responding to a separate incident when it was struck by the plane on the airport’s Runway 4, with out elaborating additional.
Minutes earlier than the incident, the airport’s air visitors management audio broadcast from LiveATC.internet indicated {that a} United Airways flight had declared an emergency as a consequence of an odor reported onboard. Controllers informed the plane that fireside vans had been out there on website.
A second transmission then reveals a hearth truck was cleared to cross Runway 4, the place the collision occurred, at taxiway ‘Delta”.
Moments later, in accordance with the ATC audio, a controller could be heard saying: “Cease, cease, cease, truck 1 cease, truck 1, cease.”
NBC Information, citing sources, stated the hearth truck was manned by cops. It had earlier stated a sergeant and an officer had damaged limbs and had been in steady situation at a hospital.
Plane’s nostril and cockpit space broken
The plane struck the hearth car at a velocity of about 24 miles per hour (39 kph), in accordance to flight monitoring web site Flightradar24, which final recorded information at 11:37 p.m. ET (0337 GMT).
Pictures taken by Reuters after the accident confirmed seen injury to the nostril of the aircraft, which was tilted upward.
Authorities and emergency companies didn’t supply any speedy feedback on deaths or accidents.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) stated the airport was anticipated to stay shut till 2 p.m. ET (1800 GMT) on Monday.
Flightradar24 stated 18 flights had been diverted to different airports, largely within the New York space, or returned to their level of origin.
Air Canada referred Reuters to Jazz’s assertion and stated it was conscious of the incident. The Nationwide Transportation Security Board and the FAA didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.
New York Metropolis’s emergency notification system stated folks might anticipate cancellations, highway closures, visitors delays and emergency personnel close to the airport.
LaGuardia served over 30 million annual passengers in 2025, in accordance to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and a wide selection of U.S. airways function on the airport.
Latest incidents
In line with the FAA, there have been 97 runway incursions in January this 12 months, in comparison with 133 incidents throughout the identical interval final 12 months.
A bipartisan group of U.S. Home lawmakers final month proposed laws to handle 50 aviation security suggestions issued after a year-long investigation into the January 2025 collision between an American Airways regional jet and a U.S. Military Black Hawk helicopter that killed 67 folks.
Final 12 months, a UPS cargo aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff in Louisville, Kentucky, killing seven and injuring 11 on the bottom.
