Pilot And Co-Pilot Killed As Air Canada Plane Collides With Fire Truck At LaGuardia
By Hotgist9ja News Desk | Breaking News | International It was supposed to be a routine landing. Flight AC8646 from Montreal had made the journey dozens of times before. The Bombardier CRJ-900, operated by Jazz Aviation on behalf of Air Canada Express, touched down on Runway 4 at New York's LaGuardia Airport just before midnight on Sunday. Everything appeared normal. Then came the collision that nobody saw coming — and that has shaken the global aviation industry to its core. A Port Authority Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting vehicle — a heavy emergency truck that had been cleared to cross the runway — was in the path of the still-moving aircraft. At approximately 11:38 p.m. Eastern Time, the plane struck the truck. The impact was violent. The cockpit of the aircraft sustained significant damage. The firefighting vehicle was thrown on its side. By Monday morning, two people were dead. The pilot and co-pilot of Flight AC8646 — professionals who had guided 72 passengers ...