Two Dead, Dozens Hospitalized – RedState

As we reported, an Air Canada airplane smashed into a Port Authority fire truck at New York City’s LaGuardia airport on Sunday evening, and it was immediately clear that the scenario was critical. Sadly, we will now verify that two pilots are lifeless and dozens of passengers have been hospitalized.

It’s the first lethal accident at LaGuardia in many years:

A runway collision at New York’s LaGuardia Airport late Sunday killed two people, injured dozens more and shut down one of the busiest home airports in the area.

The crash occurred when an Air Canada jet touchdown on Sunday collided with a Port Authority fire truck that had been responding to a separate incident. Investigators had been working on Monday morning to decide the trigger of the accident, which killed the airplane’s pilots. It appeared to be the first deadly accident at LaGuardia since 1992.

Nightmare at NYC’s LaGuardia Airport As Air Canada Plane Hits Vehicle, Multiple Casualties Feared

The pictures are disturbing:

Horrific photograph reveals the entrance of the Air Canada airplane fully crushed after colliding with a vehicle while touchdown at LaGuardia airport in NYC. https://t.co/hZWimAuwe5 pic.twitter.com/P8aBkdAzHa

— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) March 23, 2026

Here’s what we all know:

LaGuardia collision: New York’s LaGuardia Airport is closed after an Air Canada airplane collided with a fire truck while touchdown Sunday evening. The pilot and copilot had been killed, a law enforcement official said.

Major airport closed: New York City’s second-biggest airport shall be closed at least until 2 p.m. ET, including to nationwide journey turmoil tied to the partial authorities shutdown. You can observe GWN’s live coverage of the nation’s journey woes right here.

Dozens damage in high-speed impression: The jet collided with the Port Authority fire truck on a runway at 104 miles per hour, preliminary analysis signifies. Forty-one passengers and crew had been taken to the hospital, according to initial stories, and 32 have been launched, the Port Authority said.

Witnesses described a harrowing scene:

Jack Cabot, a passenger on Air Canada flight AC8646, just told GWN what it was like inside when the CRJ-900 slammed into a fire truck on touchdown at LaGuardia. He said the impression was brutal…. everybody felt it, chaos erupted, and both pilots had been killed immediately. He described… pic.twitter.com/CGOyPX1Cn7

— Fahad Naim (@Fahadnaimb) March 23, 2026

He described seeing particles flying, smoke, people screaming during evacuation. Heartbreaking to hear a survivor lay it out like that.

Listening to him discuss provides you chills

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani is scheduled to go to the airport later Monday to obtain a briefing, and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Bryan Bedford are also on their method.

I’m on my method to LaGuardia Airport now in response to last evening’s horrific crash involving Air Canada Express 8646 and a fire truck that killed two pilots.@FAANews and @NTSB are working carefully on this, and we’ll share updates as soon as doable.

Please keep the victims,… pic.twitter.com/YWTjDn6cde

— Secretary Sean Duffy (@SecDuffy) March 23, 2026

Please keep the victims, households and response groups in your prayers.

As somebody who had just despatched one of my daughters through a NYC airport (JFK) that very morning, this event is definitely jarring. As Duffy says, our hearts exit to all concerned.

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