Two Pilots Killed, Dozens Hurt After Air Canada Express Jet Collides With Fire Truck at LaGuardia

Two pilots were killed and dozens of people were injured after an Air Canada Express regional jet collided with a fire truck while landing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport late Sunday, in a crash that immediately shut down one of the nation’s busiest airports and set off a federal investigation. The aircraft was a CRJ-900 operated by Jazz Aviation on behalf of Air Canada Express. The plane had arrived from Montreal and was carrying 72 passengers and four crew members, according to a preliminary passenger list subject to confirmation. NBC News reported the deaths of both pilots and said dozens of people were hurt. The collision happened on Runway 4. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said the firefighting vehicle was responding to a separate incident when it was struck. Air traffic control audio indicated that a United Airlines flight had earlier declared an emergency over an odor on board, and that fire trucks had been positioned in response. A second radio transmission s...