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Two pilots killed after Air Canada jet collision at LaGuardia in New York

globalMarch 23, 2026
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Two pilots killed after Air Canada jet collision at LaGuardia in New York
Nine people hospitalised and airport was closed after landing plane hits fire truck responding to separate incident
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Nine people hospitalised and airport was closed after landing plane hits fire truck responding to separate incident

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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 collision also caused serious injuries, with nine people in the hospital. It happened as a firefighting vehicle was responding to a separate incident, according to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which runs the airport.

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Source: Guardian - World News

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