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Investigation After Pilots Killed, Dozens Injured After Air Canada Plane Crashes Into Fire Truck at LaGuardia Airport
Reported Mar 22 at 11:49 PM · Updated Apr 2 at 9:28 AM · 2.8M Notified · 4.3M Viewed
Summary
Two pilots were killed after an Air Canada regional jet collided with a Port Authority fire truck while landing at LaGuardia Airport in Queens around 11:40 p.m. Sunday.
The aircraft, a CRJ-900 operated by Jazz Aviation on behalf of Air Canada, was arriving from Montreal with 72 passengers and four crew members on board.
The fire truck was responding to an unrelated report of an odor on another aircraft and had been cleared to cross the runway when the collision occurred.
At least 41 people, including passengers, crew, and at least two firefighters, were hospitalized, some with serious injuries. Most have since been treated and released. A flight attendant was ejected from the aircraft during the impact but was found alive.
The pilot and co-pilot have been identified as Antoine Forest and Mackenzie Gunther, respectively.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has mobilized dozens of team members as it launches its investigation into the fatal collision. The "black boxes" have been recovered.
Documents obtained by investigators show LaGuardia controller staffing the night of the collision may have violated the airport's standard operating procedures.
Two pilots were killed after an Air Canada regional jet collided with a Port Authority fire truck while landing at LaGuardia Airport in Queens around 11:40 p.m. Sunday.
The aircraft, a CRJ-900 operated by Jazz Aviation on behalf of Air Canada, was arriving from Montreal with 72 passengers and four crew members on board.
The fire truck was responding to an unrelated report of an odor on another aircraft and had been cleared to cross the runway when the collision occurred.
At least 41 people, including passengers, crew, and at least two firefighters, were hospitalized, some with serious injuries. Most have since been treated and released. A flight attendant was ejected from the aircraft during the impact but was found alive.
The pilot and co-pilot have been identified as Antoine Forest and Mackenzie Gunther, respectively.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has mobilized dozens of team members as it launches its investigation into the fatal collision. The "black boxes" have been recovered.
Documents obtained by investigators show LaGuardia controller staffing the night of the collision may have violated the airport's standard operating procedures.
Two pilots were killed after an Air Canada regional jet collided with a Port Authority fire truck while landing at LaGuardia Airport in Queens around 11:40 p.m. Sunday.
The aircraft, a CRJ-900 operated by Jazz Aviation on behalf of Air Canada, was arriving from Montreal with 72 passengers and four crew members on board.
The fire truck was responding to an unrelated report of an odor on another aircraft and had been cleared to cross the runway when the collision occurred.
At least 41 people, including passengers, crew, and at least two firefighters, were hospitalized, some with serious injuries. Most have since been treated and released. A flight attendant was ejected from the aircraft during the impact but was found alive.
The pilot and co-pilot have been identified as Antoine Forest and Mackenzie Gunther, respectively.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has mobilized dozens of team members as it launches its investigation into the fatal collision. The "black boxes" have been recovered.
Documents obtained by investigators show LaGuardia controller staffing the night of the collision may have violated the airport's standard operating procedures.
Two pilots were killed after an Air Canada regional jet collided with a Port Authority fire truck while landing at LaGuardia Airport in Queens around 11:40 p.m. Sunday.
The aircraft, a CRJ-900 operated by Jazz Aviation on behalf of Air Canada, was arriving from Montreal with 72 passengers and four crew members on board.
The fire truck was responding to an unrelated report of an odor on another aircraft and had been cleared to cross the runway when the collision occurred.
At least 41 people, including passengers, crew, and at least two firefighters, were hospitalized, some with serious injuries. Most have since been treated and released. A flight attendant was ejected from the aircraft during the impact but was found alive.
The pilot and co-pilot have been identified as Antoine Forest and Mackenzie Gunther, respectively.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has mobilized dozens of team members as it launches its investigation into the fatal collision. The "black boxes" have been recovered.
Documents obtained by investigators show LaGuardia controller staffing the night of the collision may have violated the airport's standard operating procedures.
Two pilots were killed after an Air Canada regional jet collided with a Port Authority fire truck while landing at LaGuardia Airport in Queens around 11:40 p.m. Sunday.
The aircraft, a CRJ-900 operated by Jazz Aviation on behalf of Air Canada, was arriving from Montreal with 72 passengers and four crew members on board.
The fire truck was responding to an unrelated report of an odor on another aircraft and had been cleared to cross the runway when the collision occurred.
At least 41 people, including passengers, crew, and at least two firefighters, were hospitalized, some with serious injuries. Most have since been treated and released. A flight attendant was ejected from the aircraft during the impact but was found alive.
The pilot and co-pilot have been identified as Antoine Forest and Mackenzie Gunther, respectively.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has mobilized dozens of team members as it launches its investigation into the fatal collision. The "black boxes" have been recovered.
Documents obtained by investigators show LaGuardia controller staffing the night of the collision may have violated the airport's standard operating procedures.
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In addition to the previously reported staffing violation, radio recordings show that the controller was overseeing six aircraft in the minute prior to the collision.
NTSB investigators are now examining whether a controller physically stepped away from his console to use an emergency phone not within arm's reach of the workstation, per local news reports.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has also noted conflicting information in the control tower's logs that investigators need to verify.
Specifically, the local and ground controller positions were combined before midnight, but LaGuardia SOPs state those positions should not have been combined until midnight at the earliest.
Documents obtained by investigators indicate that LaGuardia controller staffing on the night of the collision may have violated the airport's standard operating procedures, per CBC and Claims Journal.
NTSB found no single point of failure. Investigators describe it as "overlapping failures." The full report is expected to take up to a year.
In addition to the previously reported staffing violation, radio recordings show that the controller was overseeing six aircraft in the minute prior to the collision.
NTSB investigators are now examining whether a controller physically stepped away from his console to use an emergency phone not within arm's reach of the workstation, per local news reports.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has also noted conflicting information in the control tower's logs that investigators need to verify.
Specifically, the local and ground controller positions were combined before midnight, but LaGuardia SOPs state those positions should not have been combined until midnight at the earliest.
Documents obtained by investigators indicate that LaGuardia controller staffing on the night of the collision may have violated the airport's standard operating procedures, per CBC and Claims Journal.
NTSB found no single point of failure. Investigators describe it as "overlapping failures." The full report is expected to take up to a year.
In addition to the previously reported staffing violation, radio recordings show that the controller was overseeing six aircraft in the minute prior to the collision.
NTSB investigators are now examining whether a controller physically stepped away from his console to use an emergency phone not within arm's reach of the workstation, per local news reports.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has also noted conflicting information in the control tower's logs that investigators need to verify.
Specifically, the local and ground controller positions were combined before midnight, but LaGuardia SOPs state those positions should not have been combined until midnight at the earliest.
Documents obtained by investigators indicate that LaGuardia controller staffing on the night of the collision may have violated the airport's standard operating procedures, per CBC and Claims Journal.
NTSB found no single point of failure. Investigators describe it as "overlapping failures." The full report is expected to take up to a year.
In addition to the previously reported staffing violation, radio recordings show that the controller was overseeing six aircraft in the minute prior to the collision.
NTSB investigators are now examining whether a controller physically stepped away from his console to use an emergency phone not within arm's reach of the workstation, per local news reports.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has also noted conflicting information in the control tower's logs that investigators need to verify.
Specifically, the local and ground controller positions were combined before midnight, but LaGuardia SOPs state those positions should not have been combined until midnight at the earliest.
Documents obtained by investigators indicate that LaGuardia controller staffing on the night of the collision may have violated the airport's standard operating procedures, per CBC and Claims Journal.
NTSB found no single point of failure. Investigators describe it as "overlapping failures." The full report is expected to take up to a year.
In addition to the previously reported staffing violation, radio recordings show that the controller was overseeing six aircraft in the minute prior to the collision.
NTSB investigators are now examining whether a controller physically stepped away from his console to use an emergency phone not within arm's reach of the workstation, per local news reports.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has also noted conflicting information in the control tower's logs that investigators need to verify.
Specifically, the local and ground controller positions were combined before midnight, but LaGuardia SOPs state those positions should not have been combined until midnight at the earliest.
Documents obtained by investigators indicate that LaGuardia controller staffing on the night of the collision may have violated the airport's standard operating procedures, per CBC and Claims Journal.
NTSB found no single point of failure. Investigators describe it as "overlapping failures." The full report is expected to take up to a year.
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Rest in peace is the only appropriate thing to say here...be respectful
A whole tragedy happened and yall are arguing about rep/dems!? A lot yall need to go outside and touch grass, because no wonder America is always fucked! RIP to the pilots and hope those injured recover quickly.
@nycchic21 look who’s talking.
The ATC guy was working both tower and ground and dealing with the potential emergency that required fire…this is the fault of management who forces people to overwork and over stress themselves
@lvngd it is appropriate to tell the truth about the details… the Fire truck was responding to an emergency that occurred prior to the approaching plane. Whoever was monitoring everything made a mistake and unfortunately, the firefighters were directed to cross the tarmac and did not have time to hear the Stop stop stop eleven times in 4 seconds. This was a fatal mistake but still an accident and first responders always debrief and figure out how to avoid mistakes like this. We know that airport was understaffed and only had 2 ATC overnight shift. Doge made a huge mistake last year and now we know better. We need more ATC. Period. We need to stop letting the GOP shut down the government and refuse to negotiate with Legislative Branch and refuses to tell the truth about tearing down our federal government and putting us in danger.
Fuck political statements. Death is a still death and this is something that should never have happened. I wish nothing but peace for those who died and speedy recoveries to the injured.
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Rest in peace is the only appropriate thing to say here...be respectful
A whole tragedy happened and yall are arguing about rep/dems!? A lot yall need to go outside and touch grass, because no wonder America is always fucked! RIP to the pilots and hope those injured recover quickly.
@nycchic21 look who’s talking.
The ATC guy was working both tower and ground and dealing with the potential emergency that required fire…this is the fault of management who forces people to overwork and over stress themselves
@lvngd it is appropriate to tell the truth about the details… the Fire truck was responding to an emergency that occurred prior to the approaching plane. Whoever was monitoring everything made a mistake and unfortunately, the firefighters were directed to cross the tarmac and did not have time to hear the Stop stop stop eleven times in 4 seconds. This was a fatal mistake but still an accident and first responders always debrief and figure out how to avoid mistakes like this. We know that airport was understaffed and only had 2 ATC overnight shift. Doge made a huge mistake last year and now we know better. We need more ATC. Period. We need to stop letting the GOP shut down the government and refuse to negotiate with Legislative Branch and refuses to tell the truth about tearing down our federal government and putting us in danger.
Fuck political statements. Death is a still death and this is something that should never have happened. I wish nothing but peace for those who died and speedy recoveries to the injured.
🙏
Rest in peace is the only appropriate thing to say here...be respectful
A whole tragedy happened and yall are arguing about rep/dems!? A lot yall need to go outside and touch grass, because no wonder America is always fucked! RIP to the pilots and hope those injured recover quickly.
@nycchic21 look who’s talking.
The ATC guy was working both tower and ground and dealing with the potential emergency that required fire…this is the fault of management who forces people to overwork and over stress themselves
@lvngd it is appropriate to tell the truth about the details… the Fire truck was responding to an emergency that occurred prior to the approaching plane. Whoever was monitoring everything made a mistake and unfortunately, the firefighters were directed to cross the tarmac and did not have time to hear the Stop stop stop eleven times in 4 seconds. This was a fatal mistake but still an accident and first responders always debrief and figure out how to avoid mistakes like this. We know that airport was understaffed and only had 2 ATC overnight shift. Doge made a huge mistake last year and now we know better. We need more ATC. Period. We need to stop letting the GOP shut down the government and refuse to negotiate with Legislative Branch and refuses to tell the truth about tearing down our federal government and putting us in danger.
Fuck political statements. Death is a still death and this is something that should never have happened. I wish nothing but peace for those who died and speedy recoveries to the injured.
🙏
Rest in peace is the only appropriate thing to say here...be respectful
A whole tragedy happened and yall are arguing about rep/dems!? A lot yall need to go outside and touch grass, because no wonder America is always fucked! RIP to the pilots and hope those injured recover quickly.
@nycchic21 look who’s talking.
The ATC guy was working both tower and ground and dealing with the potential emergency that required fire…this is the fault of management who forces people to overwork and over stress themselves
@lvngd it is appropriate to tell the truth about the details… the Fire truck was responding to an emergency that occurred prior to the approaching plane. Whoever was monitoring everything made a mistake and unfortunately, the firefighters were directed to cross the tarmac and did not have time to hear the Stop stop stop eleven times in 4 seconds. This was a fatal mistake but still an accident and first responders always debrief and figure out how to avoid mistakes like this. We know that airport was understaffed and only had 2 ATC overnight shift. Doge made a huge mistake last year and now we know better. We need more ATC. Period. We need to stop letting the GOP shut down the government and refuse to negotiate with Legislative Branch and refuses to tell the truth about tearing down our federal government and putting us in danger.
Fuck political statements. Death is a still death and this is something that should never have happened. I wish nothing but peace for those who died and speedy recoveries to the injured.
🙏
Rest in peace is the only appropriate thing to say here...be respectful
A whole tragedy happened and yall are arguing about rep/dems!? A lot yall need to go outside and touch grass, because no wonder America is always fucked! RIP to the pilots and hope those injured recover quickly.
@nycchic21 look who’s talking.
The ATC guy was working both tower and ground and dealing with the potential emergency that required fire…this is the fault of management who forces people to overwork and over stress themselves
@lvngd it is appropriate to tell the truth about the details… the Fire truck was responding to an emergency that occurred prior to the approaching plane. Whoever was monitoring everything made a mistake and unfortunately, the firefighters were directed to cross the tarmac and did not have time to hear the Stop stop stop eleven times in 4 seconds. This was a fatal mistake but still an accident and first responders always debrief and figure out how to avoid mistakes like this. We know that airport was understaffed and only had 2 ATC overnight shift. Doge made a huge mistake last year and now we know better. We need more ATC. Period. We need to stop letting the GOP shut down the government and refuse to negotiate with Legislative Branch and refuses to tell the truth about tearing down our federal government and putting us in danger.
Fuck political statements. Death is a still death and this is something that should never have happened. I wish nothing but peace for those who died and speedy recoveries to the injured.
🙏
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