2 pilots killed in LaGuardia crash
A view of the crash scene early on Monday. Credit: Newsday/James Carbone
Two Air Canada pilots have been killed in the crash between their plane and a firefighting vehicle late Sunday night on a LaGuardia Airport runway, Port Authority executive director Kathryn Garcia said at a news conference early Monday.
The crash was about 11:40 p.m., when a Jazz Aviation flight, operating on behalf of Air Canada, struck a Port Authority firefighting and rescue vehicle that had been responding to a separate incident, the Port Authority said in a statement.
The collision happened as the plane was landing, Garcia said.
Matthew Chayes, a Newsday reporter since 2007, covers New York City.
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