Key excerpts from air traffic control audio capture the moments before and after a collision between a plane and an emergency vehicle at LaGuardia airport in New York. Moments before an Air Canada plane collided with a ground vehicle at New York's LaGuardia Airport — killing two of its pilots — an air traffic controller is heard on the radio urgently telling the fire truck to stop and not cross the runway, using the word "stop" at least ten times. A fire truck was cleared to cross Runway 4, where Air Canada Flight 8646 was about to land. Moments later, on the radio, a controller can be heard saying: "Stop, stop, stop. (Ryan Murphy/The Associated Press)The controller tells the Air Canada pilots that help is on the way.

Source: CBC News March 23, 2026 14:38 UTC