Air Canada Crash: Runway Chaos at LaGuardia

0:00Investigators are digging into the crash of Air Canada Flight 8646 at LaGuardia Airport in New York City on Sunday night. The regional jet departed Montreal's Trudeau Airport around 10.35pm, eastern time with 72 passengers and four crew members on. Board. It touched down on runway 4 but collided with a fire truck, killing the two pilots. The runway and airport shut down right after. Earlier that evening, a United Airlines flight on the ramp reported a strong odor around 11.21pm, requesting fire support as it tried to return to a gate. Crew members felt ill, leading to an emergency declaration by 11.32pm. Fire crews headed out while the air Canada jet got landing. Clearance at 11.35pm. In the 10 final seconds, controllers cleared the fire truck to cross the runway just 19 seconds before impact. Nine seconds prior, urgent calls went out for the truck to stop, repeated over and over.

1:03The collision happened at 11.37pm, catching everyone off guard amid the ongoing emergency response. Air traffic control recordings revealed the chaos, with one controller later expressing deep regret while directing other planes back to the ramp. Pilots on the ground offered support, noting the pressure from the earlier situation. As teens combed through the site and audio tapes, the focus stays on how the separate emergencies overlap so tragically on that runway. This has been Canada News Today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with the story.