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New York ―An Air Canada Express jet collided with a fire truck while landing at New York's LaGuardia airport late on Sunday, killing both pilots, injuring dozens and closing the facility, authorities said.
Two people are dead after a plane collided with a fire truck at New York City’s second-biggest airport. Follow for live updates.
Many of the 41 victims in Sunday night's runway plane collision at LaGuardia Airport were taken to Elmhurst Hospital in Queens, where there were signs of hope on Monday afternoon.
From how the collision unfolded to the impact suspended operations will have on air travel, here's what we know so far.
ABC7 New York on MSN
Air traffic controllers were dealing with different emergency at time of LaGuardia collision
While the Air Canada Express Flight was descending into LGA just before midnight on Sunday, air traffic controllers were dealing with an incident on a separate aircraft.
A jet landing at New York City's LaGuardia Airport has collided with a fire truck on the runway, killing the pilot and co-pilot and injuring several others.
Heart-pounding audio captured the frantic moments before Sunday’s fatal collision involving an Air Canada passenger plane and a firefighting truck at LaGuardia Airport — with one air traffic controller admitting after they “messed up.
ABC7 New York on MSN
LaGuardia plane-truck collision timeline explained: How did the two cross paths on the runway?
"The cockpit is disintegrated. It's a terrible accident," Eyewitness News' John Del Giorno said following the collision of an Air Canada plane and Port Authority fire truck at LaGuardia Airport.