LaGuardia, Runway Collision and Air Canada Express
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A fire truck involved in the fatal collision with an Air Canada plane at New York’s LaGuardia Airport was not equipped with a transponder — technology that helps air traffic controllers identify and track vehicles on the airfield — the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday.
The pilot and co-pilot of an Air Canada Express regional jet were killed after it collided with a fire truck while landing at New York's LaGuardia airport.
NEW YORK — An Air Canada jet collided with a fire truck Sunday night at LaGuardia Airport, killing the pilot and co-pilot, according to NBC News. NBC New York reports two officers with the Port Authority Police Department were taken to a hospital for treatment of broken bones.
Laurie Garrow, an aviation expert, calls the moments leading up to the fatal crash a "particularly stressful situation"
New surveillance footage shows the moment Air Canada Flight AC8646 collided with a fire truck at New York’s LaGuardia airport.
NEW YORK/MONTREAL- The National Transportation Safety Board said on Tuesday (March 24) that a system which would have allowed a New York airport controller to track movement of aircraft and vehicles did not alert during a Sunday night collision between an Air Canada commercial jet and a truck that killed two pilots.
BREAKING: Air Canada commercial plane collides with firetruck at New York's LaGuardia airport, several injured - VIDEO
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Pilots killed in LaGuardia collision were young Canadians who had long dreamed of flying planes
The pilots killed in Sunday's collision between a plane and a fire truck on a runway in New York were two young, ambitious Canadian men that had long dreamed of becoming pilots. Mackenzie Gunther and Antoine Forrest were operating the Air Canada jet that was landing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport on Sunday when it collided with a fire truck.