The news of any accident involving an aircraft is terrible. The latest heartbreaking tragedy involving an Air Canada flight that took place late last night has had new updates. Officials have now released more details about the accident.
Keep reading to know more details about the accident as they are released by local authorities.
An Air Canada Express Passenger plane collided soon after landing with a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport in New York. According to the reports from the media, the pilot and co-pilot were sadly killed in the accident.
The Bombardier CRJ-900 twin-jet aircraft was operating during the flight as Jazz Aviation Flight 8646 on behalf of the Canadian carrier. The flight was bound from Montreal to New York and had 76 passengers on board when it crashed into a Port Authority truck on Runway 4 at a speed of 24 miles per hour, according to FlightRadar24.
The truck was apparently responding to another incident at the Queens airport when the devastating accident occurred. A sergeant and an officer are currently in the hospital, but according to reports, they are in stable condition. They are being treated for broken limbs.
A video that was posted online showed that the plane had its cockpit tilted high while the underside of its forward fuselage was damaged.
The Federal Aviation Administration said the airport will be closed at least until Monday, 2 p.m. The National Transportation Safety Board said that it dispatched a team to investigate the accident.
So far only two deaths have been reported from the crash.
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