Air Canada plane collides with ground vehicle at New York’s LaGuardia airport, halting all flights
The regulator has issued a ground stop for all planes and New York’s emergency management authority warned people to expect cancellations and delays New York’s LaGuardia airport was closed to flights early on Monday after an Air Canada flight and Port Authority vehicle collided. The New York police department confirmed the collision but could not immediately offer further information. The update came after flight tracking website FlightRadar24 said in post on X late on Monday that an Air Canada
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The pilot and co-pilot of an Air Canada Express regional jet have been killed after it collided with a fire truck while landing at New York’s LaGuardia airport, in an incident that closed the airport for several hours.
The Air Canada Express CRJ-900 plane, operated by Jazz Aviation, was carrying 72 passengers and four crew members from Montreal. Nine people remain hospitalized after the collision, which happened at about 11.45pm ET on Sunday as the firefighting vehicle was responding to a separate incident.
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- Air Canada plane collides with ground vehicle at New York’s LaGuardia airport, halting all flightsGuardian - World · Agencies · Mar 23, 2026, 6:53 AM
- Pilot and co-pilot killed after Air Canada jet collision at LaGuardia New YorkGuardian - World · Oliver Holmes, Anna Betts, Oliver Milman and agencies · Mar 23, 2026, 3:11 PM
- Two pilots killed after Air Canada jet collision at LaGuardia in New YorkGuardian - World · Oliver Holmes, Anna Betts and agencies · Mar 23, 2026, 11:32 PM
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