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DEVELOPING: Mass Casualty Event: Air Canada Plane Collides with Firetruck at LaGuardia Airport

March 23, 2026

Emergency response vehicles on a wet airport runway during a nighttime incident with low visibility and scattered lights in the background.

A plane collided with a vehicle at New York’s LaGuardia Airport on Sunday evening.

According to reports, an Air Canada plane, operated by Jazz Airlines (known for their high diversity quotas) collided with a firetruck on the tarmac.

Emergency vehicles responded as passengers were evacuated from the plane.

The airport is now closed.

Initial reports claim at least two people are dead and three are critically injured.

More than 70 people are injured.

The Air Canada flight from Montreal collided with a firetruck on runway 4 at LaGuardia.

The New York Post reported:

An Air Canada flight arriving at LaGuardia Airport crashed into a firetruck on Sunday night — leaving four firefighters critically injured, according to sources.

Emergency vehicles swarmed Runway 4 at the Queens airport after a regional jet heading from Montreal hit the fire truck just before 11:40 p.m., according to the FDNY and footage captured by the Citizen App.

Images showed the front of the commuter plane smashed and tilting in the air. The injured firefighters are from the Port Authority Police Department, sources said.

One hundred passengers were on the jet — a Bombardier CRJ-900 — and their conditions are being evaluated. Sources said the plane was carrying a group of Orthodox Jews from the New York area.

The collision happened as the plane, operated by regional carrier Jazz Airlines, was. was heading to a gate, as heavy weather hit the area, according to ColLive.

DEVELOPING….

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