Where is LaGuardia Airport located as pilot and co-pilot are killed after Air Canada jet collision, how many were taken to hospital?
The pilot and co-pilot of an Air Canada Express regional plane have been killed after it collided with a fire truck while landing.
Following an Air Canada Express regional plane colliding with a fire truck while landing, the pilot and co-pilot have been killed. NBC News has reported that “A total of 41 people, including passengers, crew, and aircraft rescue and fire fighting officers, were taken to the hospital, Port Authority Executive Director Kathryn Garcia told reporters.
“Some are "seriously injured," she said, without providing an exact number of critical injuries.”
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said in a statement: “At approximately 11.40pm on Sunday (3.40am on Monday GMT), a Jazz Aviation flight operating on behalf of Air Canada was involved in an incident on Runway 4 at LaGuardia Airport in which the aircraft struck a Port Authority Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting vehicle that was responding to a separate incident.”
The statement also added that The Port Authority Police Department and the agency’s chairman and executive director are at the scene on the runway of the airport, which is closed while the accident is investigated.
The Air Canada flight took off shortly after 10:30pm from Montreal Trudeau International Airport and according to the flight tracking site FlightRadar24, arrived an hour later at LaGuardia.
The New York Post reported that “A female flight attendant was ejected through the front of the aircraft while still in her seat during the crash — and survived. Port Authority cops helped rescue her, and she was brought to the hospital, sources added.”
Where is LaGuardia Airport located, is it currently closed?
LaGuardia Airport which is colloquially known as LaGuardia or LGA, is a civil airport in East Elmhurst, Queens, New York. LaGuardia Airport is currently closed and is expected to remain so until the evening of Monday March 23.
In October 2025, two Delta Air Lines regional jets collided on the taxiway at LaGuardia airport. The collision resulted in a flight attendant being injured, damage to the cockpit and part of a wing being torn off.
Passenger Nate Cicero told CNN affiliate WABC that “Our pilot slammed on the brakes, but unfortunately, we t-boned the other plane.” He also said: “Once you looked up out the window and saw the other plane there, we were going right towards them. It was an inevitable crash.”