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Both pilots were killed after an Air Canada Express regional jet collided with a fire truck while landing at New York’s LaGuardia airport late on Sunday, closing the airport, authorities and US media said, in an incident set to draw scrutiny following a string of recent aviation lapses.
NBC News, which reported the deaths, said dozens of people were injured in ‌the incident.
The Air Canada Express CRJ-900 plane, operated by its regional partner Jazz Aviation, was carrying 72 passengers and four crew members from Montreal, based on a preliminary passenger list that remained subject to confirmation. Jazz is owned by Chorus Aviation.
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said it was deploying a team of technical experts to investigate the incident.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said the firefighting vehicle was responding to a separate incident when it was struck by the aircraft at the airport’s Runway 4, without elaborating further.
Minutes before the incident, the airport’s ⁠air traffic control audio broadcast from LiveATC.net indicated that a United Airlines flight had declared an emergency due to an odour reported on board. Controllers told the aircraft that ‌fire trucks were available on site.
A second transmission then shows a fire truck was cleared to cross Runway 4, where the collision occurred, at taxiway “Delta”.
Moments later, according to the ATC audio, a controller can be heard saying: “Stop, stop, stop, truck 1 stop, truck ‌1, stop”.
NBC News, citing sources, said the fire truck was manned by police officers. It had earlier said a sergeant and an officer had ⁠broken limbs and were in stable ⁠condition at a hospital.
The aircraft struck the fire vehicle at a speed of about 39km/h (24mph), according to flight tracking website Flightradar24, which last recorded ‌data at 11.37pm ET.

Reports of a serious incident at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, after Jazz Airlines Flight 646, a Canadair Regional Jet CRJ-900, collided with a firetruck while taxiing to Gate B48.[image or embed]
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Photos taken after the accident showed visible damage to the nose of the plane, which was tilted upwards.
Authorities and emergency agencies did not offer any immediate comments on deaths ‌or injuries.
The ‌US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said the airport was expected to remain shut until 2pm ET on Monday.
Flightradar24 said 18 flights had been diverted to other airports, ‌mostly in the New York area, or returned to their point of origin.
Air Canada referred to Jazz’s statement and said it was aware of the incident. ⁠
New York City’s emergency notification system said people could expect cancellations, road closures, ⁠traffic delays and emergency personnel near the airport.

LaGuardia served over 30 million annual passengers in 2025, according to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and a wide range of US airlines operate at the airport.
According to the FAA, there have been 97 runway incursions in ‌January this year, compared to 133 incidents ‌during the same period last year.
A bipartisan group of US House lawmakers last month proposed legislation to address 50 aviation safety recommendations issued after a year-long investigation into the January 2025 collision between an American Airlines regional jet and a US Army Black Hawk helicopter that killed 67 people.
Last year, a UPS cargo plane crashed shortly after take-off in Louisville, Kentucky, killing seven and injuring 11 on the ground.


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Images showed the Air Canada Express plane tilted on its tail with the nose of the aircraft ripped off


Images showed the Air Canada Express plane tilted on its tail with the nose of the aircraft ripped off.


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Both pilots killed after passenger jet hits fire truck at New York’s LaGuardia airport

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Images showed the Air Canada Express plane tilted on its tail with the nose of the aircraft ripped off