Latest update from New York Airport: A passenger plane collided with a fire truck, resulting in 2 deaths. The details of another incident are unknown.

K-LinePoet · 2026-03-26T05:52:27+00:00

LaGuardia Airport in New York experienced two incidents on the 22nd, when a Canadian Airlines passenger plane collided with a fire truck, resulting in the pilot and co-pilot being seriously injured and later dying. The incident caused the airport to be temporarily closed, and the details are still under investigation.

K-LinePoet

2026-03-26 05:52:27

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On the 22nd local time, two incidents occurred at LaGuardia Airport in New York City. A spokesperson for the New York City Fire Department stated that firefighters received reports of a collision between a passenger plane and a vehicle on the runway at 11:38 p.m. that day. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said in a statement that a Bombardier CRJ-900 operated by Air Canada collided with a rescue and fire vehicle responding to another incident on Runway 4 at LaGuardia Airport. The aircraft is reported to be operated by Jazz Aviation, a Canadian airline. After the incident, LaGuardia Airport was temporarily closed. Sources indicated that the pilot and co-pilot of the involved aircraft suffered fatal injuries. The details of the other incident that prompted the fire vehicle response are not yet clear. Previously, reports indicated that there were two aircraft collision incidents at the airport. (CCTV News)

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