
Air Canada Express Crash Kills Pilots, Injures Many
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Tragic Air Canada Express Crash at LaGuardia: Two Pilots Killed, Many Injured
Two pilots from an Air Canada Express flight lost their lives in a collision with a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport in New York. The incident occurred just before midnight on Sunday, involving a CRJ-nine-hundred operated by Jazz Aviation. The plane was coming from Montreal with seventy-two passengers and four crew members on board. The deceased pilots were Captain Antoine Forest and First Officer Mackenzie Gunther. Gunther was a graduate of Seneca Polytechnics aviation technology program and was mourned by the school. A flight attendant named Solange Tremblay survived the incident. The fire truck had been cleared to cross the runway but was urgently called to stop moments before impact. More than forty people were injured. The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board and Canadas Transportation Safety Board are investigating the crash.
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A tragic collision at LaGuardia Airport in New York has claimed the lives of two pilots from an air-Canada express flight. The crash happened just before midnight on Sunday, when the plane brought sighted a fire truck on the runway. Captain Antoine Forrest, a 30-year-old from Cotto du Lac in Quebec, and first officer Mackenzie Gunther, were killed. The flight was coming from Montreal with 72 passengers and four crew members on board. It was a CRJ-900 operated by Jazz Aviation. Touching down on runway 4 as part of regular service, Cynica Polytechnic in Toronto is morning Gunther, who graduated from their Aviation Technology Program in 2023 and joined Jazz Wright. After through a Pathways program, the school plans to lower flags to half-mast on Tuesday and to share condolences with his family, friends, and colleagues. Meanwhile, a flight attendant named Solange Tremblay survived the incident. The fire truck have been cleared by air traffic control to cross the runway for a separate
emergency, but controllers urgently called for it to stop. Moments before impact, more than 40 people were sent to hospitals with injuries. The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board is leading the probe with help from Canada's Transportation Safety Board. We'll keep following this story as more details come to like. From your city, powered by AI, this is Vancouver News Today, I'm Corey with the story.
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