An Air Canada Jet sits on the runway at LaGuardia Airport, Monday, March 23, 2026, after colliding with a Port Authority automobile in New York.
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An Air Canada flight collided with a Port Authority automobile after touchdown at LaGuardia Airport on Sunday (March 22, 2026), in response to authorities, leaving the plane with a crushed nostril pointing upward and the rear part dropped right down to the runway as officers labored to substantiate particulars of the accident.
The pilot and co-pilot of the Air Canada Express regional jet had been killed after it collided with a fireplace truck whereas touchdown on the airport, authorities and U.S. media stated. NBC News, which reported the deaths, stated dozens of others had been injured within the incident.
“At approximately 11:40 p.m. on Sunday [March 22, 2026], a Jazz Aviation flight operating on behalf of Air Canada was involved in an incident on Runway 4 at LaGuardia Airport in which the aircraft struck a Port Authority Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting vehicle that was responding to a separate incident,” the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey stated in a press release.
The assertion famous that the Port Authority Police Department and the company’s chairman and government director are on the scene on the runway of the airport. The airport will keep closed till at the least 2:00 pm (1800 GMT) Monday (March 23, 2026), the top of the town’s port authority stated.
“Earliest is 2:00 pm but that is subject to change on what the NTSB needs,” stated Port Authority Executive Director Kathryn Garcia, referring to National Transportation Safety Board investigators.
Jazz Aviation LP, working as Air Canada Express, issued a press release confirming the accident. The airline stated a preliminary passenger listing, which is topic to affirmation, signifies there have been 72 passengers and 4 crew members.
Data exhibits the flight originated at Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, the key airport serving Montreal, in response to on-line flight tracker FlightAware.
A spokesperson for the New York City Fire Department stated firefighters responded to reviews of a aircraft that crashed right into a automobile on the runway at 11:38 pm. Additional info was not instantly accessible.
Multiple movies taken by bystanders and posted on social media confirmed the jet with extreme injury to the entrance of the plane.
Images present the severely broken Air Canada aircraft illuminated by floodlights and emergency automobiles parked close by on the runway.
Published – March 23, 2026 11:25 am IST
