Two pilots flying Air Canada jet killed in crash at LaGuardia Airport - 22 Mar 2026

[McG]

Not good news.
Two pilots flying Air Canada jet killed in crash at LaGuardia Airport

Error by air traffic control let a fire truck onto runway.

 

[dapaterson]

Followed by smoke in the tower at EWR, throwing all of NYC air travel into chaos.

 

[NavyShooter]

Reached out to a buddy of mine that's a pilot with Porter - he doesn't know who it is yet, but it's a sad situation.

 

[PrairieFella]

The recordings from ATC are chilling. You can hear the moment he realizes the mistake and tries his damndest to call off the truck. Sad for all involved. The main takeaway should be that one person was responsible for all ground and air movements at Laguardia. That is insane.

 

[brihard]

The recordings from ATC are chilling. You can hear the moment he realizes the mistake and tries his damndest to call off the truck. Sad for all involved. The main takeaway should be that one person was responsible for all ground and air movements at Laguardia. That is insane.

It’s absolutely criminal that one controller was allowed to be working all of that. That poor bastard.

 

[PrairieFella]

It’s absolutely criminal that one controller was allowed to be working all of that. That poor bastard.

You just know theyll throw this poor soul under the bus too.

 

[brihard]

This video purports to show the collision. Looks like someone filming a screen; not the raw video. I can’t verify it’s authentic, but what we can see does appear consistent with photos and videos of what was left such as the truck pushed off the runway on its side, and the respective directions of travel.

The other emergency vehicles all stopped; looks like the first truck didn’t hear the order.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2036120232192823795

 

[lenaitch]

It’s absolutely criminal that one controller was allowed to be working all of that. That poor bastard.

I vaguely recall staffing/workload was an issue at Reagan with the fixed wing -helicopter incident.

This video purports to show the collision. Looks like someone filming a screen; not the raw video. I can’t verify it’s authentic, but what we can see does appear consistent with photos and videos of what was left such as the truck pushed off the runway on its side, and the respective directions of travel.

The other emergency vehicles all stopped; looks like the first truck didn’t hear the order.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2036120232192823795

Poor buggers had about 3 seconds to realize their fate. Not even enough time to try to steer it for the weeds.

 

[Mick]

I vaguely recall staffing/workload was an issue at Reagan with the fixed wing -helicopter incident.


Poor buggers had about 3 seconds to realize their fate. Not even enough time to try to steer it for the weeds.

This poor crew didn't really have any good options - intentionally steering off the runway at over 120 knots likely would have resulted in more fatalities.

All these guys could do would be to apply max braking, and max thrust reverse.

While it's not uncommon to train for runway incursions in the simulator, it's normally to practice low-energy go-arounds, where an aircraft that's fully configured for landing aborts the landing just prior to touch-down - usually due to a vehicle or aircraft entering the runway.

There really isn't a good option if a runway incursion occurs after the aircraft touches down - spoilers are automatically deployed to kill lift, flaps are still in the landing position, and the pilots are applying brakes and utilizing reverse thrust, all while remaining runway is being used up. Taking off again isn't an option.

Turning off into the infield, especially at high speed, would most likely result in the landing gear shearing off, and a potential rolling situation.

Just a terrible situation.