Nine people hospitalised and airport closed after landing plane hits fire truck responding to separate incident
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.
The collision also caused serious injuries with nine people in 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.
The Air Canada Express CRJ-900 plane, operated by its partner Jazz Aviation, was carrying 72 passengers and four crew members from Montreal, based on a preliminary passenger list that remained subject to confirmation. Jazz is owned by Chorus Aviation.
They’ll either release a report that shows 1000% improvement in operating efficiency with negative incidents because they can do no wrong, or they’ll never release another report again.
Straight from Leavitt: “Our glorious leader has improved the Air Traffic Control system by 1000% it has never been this safe to fly, ever. We will build a monumental airport in his name. Thank you for your attention in this matter.”
Probably.