Air Canada Plane Crashes into Fire Truck at LaGuardia

0:00It's March 23rd. Welcome in. This is Toronto News Today, where local news meets AI. I'm Corey with the story. Late Sunday night around 11.40pm, an air candidate express flight from Montreal collided with a fire truck on Runway 4 at New York's La Guardia Airport. The crash killed the plane's two pilots and sent 41 people to the hospital, including 39 passengers and two firefighters. The fire truck was rushing to handle a separate emergency on the runway when air traffic control cleared it to cross. At the same time, the plane was clear to land, leading to the tragic impact. Officials report 72 passengers and four crew members were aboard the flight operated by Jazz Aviation. Air Canada expressed deep sadness over the loss of their employees and offered condolences to the families. Newly released air traffic control audio captures the controller urgently shouting for the truck to stop. But it was too late. The controller later admitted mishandling the situation amid the prior emergency.

1:02The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating onsite, with Canadian officials assisting their U.S. partners. La Guardia stays close until 2pm, Monday as details emerge.