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

[YZT580]

I can’t begin to imagine the grief and guilt the air traffic controller is feeling right now. I’m sure it’s going to be with him for the rest of his life. With cutbacks and politics being what they are nowadays, I’m just surprised that this kind of accident hasn’t happened more often.

skill, good procedures, and just plain luck. And finally and most important something we called "The Big Sky Concept"

 

[RangerRay]

The crazies have wasted no time in using this as an example of how 9/11 was a hoax.

 

[mariomike]

The Port Authority Police Department Fire truck involved in the LaGuardia airport crash had no transponder to trigger a warning alert - NTSBhttps://usatoday.com/story/travel/airline-news/2026/03/24/fire-truck-laguardia-transponder-plane-crash/89304944007/
https://x.com/NYCEMSwatch/status/2036544978013327460/photo/1

 

[ModlrMike]

Can't fix stupid.

 

[HavokFour]

It appears there were several failures that happened, not just an ATC issue.

Fire truck in deadly LaGuardia crash lacked equipment needed to trigger warning system, NTSB says

A runway warning system failed to sound an alarm moments before an Air Canada jet and a fire truck collided while the plane was landing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, federal investigators said Tuesday.

www.ctvnews.ca

 

[FJAG]

Can anyone believe the priorities of this bunch of our elected representatives?

Air Canada CEO summoned by Commons committee over English-only video after fatal plane crash

The Official Languages Committee voted unanimously to call Michael Rousseau to testify after his video.

nationalpost.com

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/air-canada-ceo-michael-rousseau-laguardia-crash-condolences-english-ottawa-9.7140823

 

[brihard]

Can anyone believe the priorities of this bunch of our elected representatives?

Is there something else the Commons language committee should be addressing on this? Seems like they’re within their arcs. Flight out of Montreal, one of the pilots was Francophone… Reasonable for that particular committee to ‘WTF?’ unilingual crisis comms. It would have taken much to do that in both official languages.

 

[FJAG]

Is there something else the Commons language committee should be addressing on this? Seems like they’re within their arcs. Flight out of Montreal, one of the pilots was Francophone… Reasonable for that particular committee to ‘WTF?’ unilingual crisis comms. It would have taken much to do that in both official languages.

It's within their arcs. Timing is the issue. The timing sucks.