The Daily Beast Latest Articles | Two Planes Abort Landing After Terrifying Near Miss by Leigh Kimmins

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Two passenger jets narrowly avoided a mid‑air collision while landing at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. Republic Airways Flight 4464, arriving from Indianapolis, drifted off course and came within about half a mile and 350 feet of Jazz Aviation Flight 554, which was inbound from Toronto. Air traffic control warned both crews, prompting collision alerts in the cockpits; Republic followed a “resolution advisory” and performed a go‑around, while Jazz Aviation immediately took corrective action. Both aircraft landed safely, and the FAA – with support from the NTSB – is investigating the incident. (A similar near‑miss involving two Southwest planes occurred earlier on April 18 at Nashville International Airport.)

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Two Planes Abort Landing After Terrifying Near Miss

Both cockpits received collision alerts.

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“Experts attributed the outcome to both the quick braking of the #pilots — who flew for #AirCanada Express carrier #JazzAviation — and the fact the #firetruck absorbed some of the kinetic energy that would have rippled through the 36-metre-long airliner.” www.thestar.com/business/a-m...

A ‘miracle’ more weren’t kille...
A 'miracle' more weren't killed in Air Canada plane crash, expert says

MONTREAL - As experts assess the aftermath of a fatal Air Canada Express plane crash at LaGuardia Airport, some have expressed surprise the tragedy wasn't far worse.

Toronto Star
Air traffic controller heard telling truck to stop moments before deadly Air Canada crash | CBC News

Moments before an Air Canada plane collided with a ground vehicle at New York's LaGuardia Airport — killing two of its pilots — an air traffic controller is heard on the radio urgently telling the fire truck to stop and not cross the runway, using the word "stop" at least ten times.

CBC

Tragedy at LaGuardia: Jazz Flight AC8646 Collides with Fire Truck with Major Casualties Reported

UPDATE: LaGuarda airport officials confirm that both the captain and first officer received fatal injuries and passed away at the scene. As of now these are the only two reported fatalities along with around 18 passengers transported to the hospital with varying levels of injury. The aviation world was shaken in the late hours of Sunday evening, as it appears a Jazz regional flight operating as Air Canada Express Flight AC8646 — a Bombardier CRJ-900 inbound from Montréal — collided […]

https://avgeeks.aero/news/tragedy-at-laguardia-jazz-flight-ac8646-collides-with-fire-truck-with-major-casualties-reported/

Plane crash at LaGuardia
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Via #AirCanada 2:45am EDT - Mar 23, 2026

We are aware of an incident involving #AirCanada Express flight 8646 operated by #JazzAviation LP (Jazz) from #Montreal to #NewYork #LaGuardia on Mar. 22, 2026. See Jazz’s press release here. Jazz will provide updates as more details become available:

https://flyjazz.mediaroom.com/2026-03-23-Jazz-Aviation-LP-operating-as-Air-Canada-Express-confirms-incident

Jazz Aviation LP (operating as Air Canada Express) confirms incident

Jazz Aviation LP ("Jazz"), operating as Air Canada Express, confirms that an incident involving AC8646 operated by a CRJ900 has occurred at LaGuardia (LGA). Flight 8646 was en route to LGA from...

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