The pilot and co-pilot of an Air Canada Categorical regional jet had been killed after it collided with a hearth truck whereas touchdown at New York’s LaGuardia airport late on Sunday, in an incident that closed the airport, authorities and US media mentioned.
NBC Information, which reported the deaths, mentioned dozens of others had been injured within the incident.
The information channel mentioned that the fireplace truck was manned by cops, citing sources. It had earlier mentioned a sergeant and an officer had damaged limbs and had been in secure situation at a hospital.
The Air Canada Categorical CRJ-900 airplane, operated by its companion Jazz Aviation, was carrying 72 passengers and 4 crew members from Montreal, based mostly on a preliminary passenger listing that remained topic to affirmation. Jazz is owned by Refrain Aviation.
The plane struck the fireplace car at a velocity of about 24 miles per hour (39 kph), mentioned flight monitoring web site Flightradar24, which final recorded information at 11:37 p.m. ET (0337 GMT).
Photographs taken by Reuters after the accident confirmed seen injury to the nostril of the airplane, which was tilted upward.
Authorities and emergency businesses didn’t supply any speedy feedback on deaths or accidents.
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) mentioned the airport was anticipated to stay shut till 2 p.m. ET on Monday (1800 GMT). Flightradar24 mentioned 18 flights had been diverted to different airports, principally within the New York space, or returned to their level of origin.
Air Canada referred Reuters to Jazz’s assertion and mentioned it was conscious of the incident. The Nationwide Transportation Security Board and the FAA didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey mentioned the firefighting car was responding to a separate incident when it was struck by the plane on the airport’s Runway 4.
New York Metropolis’s emergency notification system mentioned folks might count on cancellations, highway closures, site visitors delays and emergency personnel close to the airport.
LaGuardia served over 30 million annual passengers in 2025, in response to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and a variety of US airways function on the airport.
