Air Canada Plane Crashes into Fire Truck at LaGuardia

An air candidate expressed flight for Montreal, touched down in New York's LaGuardia airport

late Sunday and collided with a fire truck moments later.

The plane carried 76 people, but sadly the two pilots did not survive.

The incident unfolded just before midnight.

Officials say the fire truck was heading to handle a different problem on the runway

at the time.

LaGuardia shut down until at least 2pm, Monday to support emergency response and a full

probe.

The air candidate cancelled all its flights between Montreal and the airport as a result.

Recordings from air traffic control revealed the truck got permission across runway 4,

then heard urgent commands to stop right before impact.

Controllers quickly alerted the pilots to a vehicle collision and called for help.

Poor weather had already snarled flights there earlier that day.

Investigators continue piecing together the sequence as the focus shifts to safety improvements.

I'm Corey with the story, and you've been listening to Canada News Today, AI-powered

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