Overview
- An Air Canada Express CRJ‑900 operated by Jazz Aviation hit an airport fire truck during its landing roll at LaGuardia late Sunday, leaving the cockpit crushed and the jet resting nose‑up on Runway 4.
- Port Authority officials said the captain and first officer died and 41 people were taken to hospitals, with 32 later discharged and nine still under care, including the two truck occupants in stable condition.
- The FAA ordered an immediate ground stop after the crash and later reopened the airport, though delays and cancellations persisted as flights were rerouted and crews cleared the runway.
- Tower audio published by news outlets captured a controller first clearing a vehicle to cross and then calling “Stop, Truck 1,” highlighting the NTSB’s focus on communications and movement permissions on the runway.
- A Canadian flight attendant, identified in local reports as Solange Tremblay, survived after being thrown from the aircraft with her seat, underscoring the human toll as the probe weighs possible changes to runway‑vehicle rules at busy airports.