LaGuardia Crash: 2 Pilots Dead, 41 Injured

0:00On March 23, a tragic collision in New York's LaGuardia Airport has left two pilots dead after their air-Canada regional jet struck a fire truck on. The runway during landing, the impact crushed the nose of the bombardier C.R.J., which carried 72 passengers and four crew from Montreal. Forty-one people aboard were rushed to hospitals, though most have since been released. The fire truck was crossing the runway to check on a United Airlines flight reporting an odor issue. Two port authority workers inside the vehicle suffered non-life threatening injuries. Officials expressed sorrow over the loss of the pilots who were based in Canada and praised the quick evacuation using stairways at the emergency exits. The National Transportation Safety Board is now leading the investigation into what went wrong, including air traffic communications just before the U-Fist. Crash. LaGuardia stays shut until at least 2 p.m. local time today, as crews clear the wreckage implored the incident for answers.