Air Canada Jet Crashes into Fire Truck at LaGuardia

It's March 23rd.

Welcome in, this is Canada News today, where local news meets AI.

I'm Corey with the story.

Late Sunday night, an air-candidate jet from Montreal collided with an airport fire

truck while landing on a runway at New York's LaGuardia Airport.

The pilot and co-pilot died in the crash, and 39 of the 72 passengers ended up in hospitals.

Chilling audio from the control tower reveals the sudden panic.

A controller urgently told the truck driver to stop multiple times, right after giving

permission to cross the runway, as alarms blared in the background.

Passengers face serious injuries, with 9 still under care, and some in critical condition.

The two port authority workers in the truck also got hurt, but nothing life-threatening.

The fire truck had been heading to check a strange odor on another plane that was making

crew members sick.

Officials quickly closed the runway and diverted other flights.

Soldiers from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board are now in charge, with the

team from Canada's Transportation Safety Board on site, too, help.

Canadian consular staff are supporting victims and their families as details emerge.