At least two people were killed and dozens were At least two people were killed and dozens were injured after an Air Canada Express jet collided with a fire truck on a runway at New York's LaGuardia airport late on Sunday, March 22.
The Air Canada Express CRJ-900 jet carrying 72 passengers and four crew members collided with the vehicle just before 11:40 p.m. on Sunday, Kathryn Garcia, the executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, said at a news conference. The Port Authority Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting vehicle was responding to another aircraft operated by United Airlines, which had reported an issue with odor, Garcia said.
Jazz Aviation, which operates as Air Canada Express, confirmed in a statement the incident involved a flight headed to LaGuardia from Montreal.
The company, citing Port Authority of New York and New Jersey officials, said the deceased were identified as the pilot and the first officer.
:quality(75):no_upscale():strip_exif()/https%3A%2F%2Fs3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fpocket-curatedcorpusapi-prod-images%2F7c0bc573-c0eb-4e8a-ad1a-38f082160f34.jpeg)
In a dramatic conclusion to a trial that has gripped, saddened and divided the nation, the...
At about 8:30 p.m. on Oct. 17, 2023, Fraser Bohm had just picked up an order...
