{"id":205089,"date":"2026-03-23T12:40:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T12:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/pilot-co-pilot-killed-after-air-canada-plane-and-vehicle-collide-at-la-guardia-airport-sources-say-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T12:40:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T12:40:19","slug":"pilot-co-pilot-killed-after-air-canada-plane-and-vehicle-collide-at-la-guardia-airport-sources-say-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/pilot-co-pilot-killed-after-air-canada-plane-and-vehicle-collide-at-la-guardia-airport-sources-say-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Pilot, co-pilot killed after Air Canada plane and vehicle collide at La Guardia Airport, sources say – NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A passenger plane collided <\/a>with a fire truck on a LaGuardia Airport runway late Sunday, killing both pilots and injuring dozens of passengers, some seriously.
The incident, involving an Air Canada jet that had just landed and a Port Authority vehicle responding to a separate issue, is the latest to hit a beleaguered aviation industry.
The New York City airport will remain closed until 2 p.m. Monday at the earliest as the National Transport Safety Board, the Federal Aviation Administration and Port Authority investigate.
“Sadly, the two pilots are confirmed deceased and notifications are being made by Air Canada’s care team at this time,” Port Authority Executive Director Kathryn Garcia told a news conference early Monday.
There were 72 passengers and four crew on board Flight 8646 and 41 people were treated for injured in local hospitals, some of them seriously, Garcia said. So far 32 have been released from hospitals.
Two of the injured, a sergeant and an officer, have broken limbs and are in stable condition, according to preliminary information from two sources with knowledge of the investigation. Garcia said the two officers had non-life-threatening injuries.
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The sources said the plane, a Jazz Aviation flight operating on behalf of Air Canada, was at the end of landing and going about 30 mph when the collision occurred at around 11:40 p.m.
Garcia said the truck was responding an unrelated report of a “odor” on board a United flight.
Video posted<\/a> on social media a passenger jet on the runway with its cockpit high and the underside of its forward fuselage mangled.
The Federal Aviation Administration said the plane was a Bombardier CRJ-900 twin-jet aircraft flown by Air Canada Express, also known as Jazz Aviation, from Montreal.
The accident happened on LaGuardia\u2019s Runway 4, it said. The FAA said it was investigating the crash and the Port Authority Police Department was on the scene as the investigation began.
The National Transportation Safety Board sent a \u201cgo team\u201d to the scene of the collision and will send an investigative team later.
Families were directed to Air Canada to find other family members who may have separated as the aircraft was evacuated \u2014 an unaccompanied minor was reunited with their family, Garcia said.
NYPD told people to avoid the area surrounding LaGuardia and expect local disruption as all streets and highways exits into the airport are also closed.
Jonathan Dienst is chief justice contributor for NBC News and chief investigative reporter for WNBC-TV in New York.
Jay Blackman is an NBC News producer covering such areas as transportation, space, medical and consumer issues.
Dennis Romero is a breaking news reporter for NBC News Digital.
Assignment Editor, NBC News
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