LaGuardia crash kills two after Air Canada jet hits vehicleEmergency crews respond to an Air Canada Express plane on the tarmac after the plane collided with a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport (LGA) in the Queens borough of New York, US, on Monday, March 23, 2026. An Air Canada Express plane with 76 people aboard collided with a fire truck shortly after landing at New York's LaGuardia Airport late Sunday, killing the two pilots. The aircraft hit a Port Authority fire truck shortly after touching down and came to a standstill about halfway down the runway. A subsequent unidentified voice, likely an air traffic controller, told Truck 1 to “cross 4 at delta.” Subsequently, the unidentified voice said “stop, stop, stop, stop Truck 1, stop, stop stop. That was one of the deadliest US air disasters in decades and put more scrutiny on the long-running shortage of air traffic controllers.

Source: Bangkok Post March 23, 2026 17:05 UTC