2 pilots dead, dozens injured after Air Canada plane collides with fire truck at NYC's LaGuardia Airport

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An Air Canada jet collided with a fire truck while landing at New York’s LaGuardia airport late Sunday evening, killing two pilots and injuring dozens of passengers, officials said. The crash damaged the aircraft's nose and prompted LaGuardia to shut down Monday morning, leading air traffic to be diverted.

The pilot and copilot of the Air Canada plane were killed, and 41 passengers and crew members, some with serious injuries, were taken to local hospitals. Of those injured, 32 have since been released, Kathryn Garcia, executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said Monday morning.

The fire truck was traveling across the runway to respond to a separate incident on board a United Airlines flight that reported an odor issue. Moments before the crash, audio of an air traffic controller revealed that they gave clearance to a vehicle to cross part of the tarmac. Moments later, a controller can be heard saying, “Stop, stop, stop, truck 1 stop, truck 1, stop.”

Later in the audio transmission, a distraught controller is heard saying, “We were dealing with an emergency earlier. I messed up.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/article/2-pilots-dead-dozens-injured-after-air-canada-plane-collides-with-fire-truck-at-nycs-laguardia-airport-141713866.html




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