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.

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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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