Air Canada Crash: Runway Truck Collision Kills Pilots

0:00Late Sunday night, an air candidate original flight for Montreal struck an airport fire truck while landing at LaGuardia around 11.37 pm. The truck was crossing the runway to check a reported odor on another aircraft. The crash crushed the plane's nose and flipped the truck, killing the pilot and co-pilot among the roughly 72 people on board. The airport was unusually busy that night, with nearly 70 take-offs and landings after 10 pm due to widespread delays more than double the schedule 31. No flights departed after 11.09 pm, but arrivals continued every few minutes in misty foggy conditions. Passengers quickly evacuated by opening emergency doors and sliding off the wings, helping each other to safety. Most of the injured were treated and released soon after, though a few remained in hospitals, including a flight attendant found thrown from the plane, still strapped to her seat. All investigators are now digging into multiple factors, from air traffic control staffing,

1:00to runway alert systems that fail to warn in this. Case. Officials note such incidents often stem from a chain of issues, rather than a single mistake, and Canadian experts have joined the probe. While the runway closure caused short disruptions, LaGuardia has reopened amid ongoing challenges like controller shortages and security delays at. Busy U.S. airports. I'm Corey with the story. That's your Durham News Today update, AI powered and always on.