Air Canada Crash: Pilots, Firefighters Injured

0:00On March 24, two air-canada pilots died after their plane collided with a fire truck on the runway at La Guardia Airport in New York. They were identified as 30-year-old Antoine Forrest from Quebec and McKenzie-Gunther, a recent graduate from Seneca Polytechnic in Toronto. The crash happened around 11.40pm local time on Sunday. The impact injured 41 people, including the two firefighters in the truck, and all were rushed to hospitals. The airports stayed closed until Monday afternoon, causing major travel disruptions. Air traffic controllers had urgently warned the truck to stop just seconds before the collision. Federal Aviation Administration officials called it, a heartbreaking loss for two young aviators just starting their careers. Forrest had trained on bush planes in Quebec before joining air-canada in late 2022, while Gunther finished school only last year. Their schools and families shared deep sadness over the sudden tragedy. One bright spot came from flight attendant Salange Trimbley, who survived despite being

1:02thrown from the plane and found strapped to her seat over 300 feet away. She suffered multiple fractures but is expected to recover, with her family calling it a true miracle. Investigators are now pulling data from the plane's voice and flight recorders to figure out exactly what went wrong, as the full probe gets underway. This has been Global News Today, powered by AI. I'm Cory with the story.