Overview
- An Air Canada Express CRJ-900 operated by Jazz Aviation, which landed Sunday night, struck a Port Authority fire truck on a LaGuardia runway, killing the pilot and copilot.
- Authorities said 41 passengers and crew went to hospitals and most were later discharged, while the two Port Authority employees in the truck were injured but not in life-threatening condition.
- Port Authority officials said the truck had clearance to cross the runway to check a United Airlines odor report, and tower audio captured a controller urgently ordering, “Stop, Truck 1, stop.”
- The NTSB is leading the probe with FAA support, has taken custody of the flight recorders, and is analyzing air traffic control transmissions to map the sequence on the ground.
- LaGuardia reopened Monday afternoon with lingering delays and cancellations into Tuesday, in a year when U.S. officials have tracked rising runway incursions and airports face staffing strains.