Air Canada plane crashes at New York's LaGuardia Airport, Pilots killed

In USA, a pilot and co-pilot were killed in a collision between an Air Canada Express plane and a fire truck at New York's LaGuardia Airport (LGA) on Sunday. The Air Canada Express Flight 8646, operated by Jazz Aviation, Air Canada's regional partner, was coming from Montreal and collided with the truck on runway four. The CRJ-900 plane was carrying 72 passengers and four crew members. The pilot and copilot, who were "badly injured", died during the treatment. Multiple images and videos on social media showed the jet with severe damage to the front of the aircraft on a wet runway.

????#UPDATE: Listen as you can hear panic as air traffic controllers try to divert everyone away from LaGuardia after a jet had collided with a fire truck numerous injuries and now Fatalities are being reported pic.twitter.com/sU7OjwB2ol

— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) March 23, 2026

The aircraft collided with a “Port Authority Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting vehicle that was responding to a separate incident.” LaGuardia Airport remains closed until at least 2:00 PM ET on Monday “to facilitate the response and allow for a thorough investigation.” Stairways utilized for evacuating passengers from the aircraft were positioned against the emergency exits of the jet, a Bombardier CRJ. The collision caused the jet's crumpled nose to tilt upward.