A Jazz Aviation Bombardier CRJ900 operating as Air Canada Express has crashed at New York\u2019s LaGuardia airport.<\/p>\n
Flight AC8646 landed safely at LGA, and then collided with a fire truck on the runway.<\/p>\n
Officials with the Port Authority of\u00a0New York<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0New Jersey<\/span> confirmed that the pilot and the first officer were killed in this accident.<\/p>\n READ:\u00a0Trump threatens to \u2018decertify\u2019 Canadian-built aircraft<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cToday is an incredibly difficult day for our airline, our employees, and most importantly, the families and loved ones of those affected by the accident involving flight 8646,\u201d said\u00a0Doug Clarke<\/span>, President, Jazz Aviation LP. \u201cWe extend our deepest condolences to the family and friends of our two pilots and our unwavering support to those who have been injured.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAs the investigation unfolds, we are fully committed to cooperating with the relevant authorities to determine what happened. We will share updates as soon as verified information becomes available.\u00a0We will continue to provide our full support in the days and weeks ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n The preliminary passenger list indicates the aircraft had arrived from Montr\u00e9al and was 72 passengers and four crew members. The accident occurred at approximately 11:47PM<\/span>\u00a0local on\u00a0March 22, 2026<\/span>. The exact number of injuries and fatalities is not available at this time.<\/p>\n Jazz has issued a statement to say that it is cooperating with the investigating authorities involved in the investigation into the cause of this accident.<\/p>\n The post Pilots killed as CRJ collides with ground vehicle at LaGuardia<\/a> appeared first on Aviation Business News<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A Jazz Aviation Bombardier CRJ900 operating as Air Canada Express has crashed at New York\u2019s LaGuardia airport. Flight AC8646 landed safely at LGA, and then collided with a fire truck on the runway. Officials with the Port Authority of\u00a0New York\u00a0and\u00a0New Jersey confirmed that the pilot and the first officer were killed in this accident. READ:\u00a0Trump […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1885\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}