Watch how Air Canada Collided With a Fire Truck at LaGuardia
Sunday night, March 22, 2026. LaGuardia Airport is already stretched thin. A United Airlines flight has aborted its takeoff after an anti-ice warning light comes on, flight attendants in the back are feeling ill from an unknown odor, and the crew declares an emergency when no gates are immediately available. A Port Authority fire truck, Truck 1, is dispatched to respond.
At the same time, Air Canada Express Flight 8646, a Jazz Aviation Bombardier CRJ-900 operating from Montreal Trudeau International Airport, is on final approach to Runway 4. The lone controller on duty, simultaneously managing both ground and tower operations, clears Truck 1 to cross the runway. Seconds later, as Flight 8646 is landing at between 93 and 105 miles per hour, he realises his mistake. He calls for the truck to stop. Over and over. It is too late.
The CRJ-900 strikes the fire truck on Runway 4. The impact destroys the cockpit and tears open the front fuselage. Both pilots are killed. A Delta flight on approach is sent around. Jazz 646 comes to rest on the runway, its nose elevated, its cockpit gone. LaGuardia closes entirely. 72 passengers and four crew members were on board. 41 people are taken to hospital.
The fire truck had been sent to help one emergency. It became another.
(Disclaimer: This is an estimated recreation of the event using Microsoft Flight Simulator, based on publicly available data and real ATC audio. There may be slight variations in timing, aircraft positioning, and other factors. Unrelated ATC audio might be trimmed out. This video does not depict the exact sequence or conditions of the actual event.)
Real ATC Audio by https://t.co/5ywmRxK4NE
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