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Air Canada plane collides with fire truck at LGA. Casualties reported.
Posted on 3/23/26 at 7:00 am
Posted on 3/23/26 at 7:00 am
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If tweet fails to load, click here. BREAKING AUDIO: Chilling new ATC audio released captures the desperate moments as an Air Traffic controller frantically yells 'STOP, STOP, STOP, Truck 1, STOP!' as the fire truck crossed the runway, seconds before colliding with Air Canada Express CRJ-900, killing BOTH PILOTS and injuring dozens.
The Air Canada Express jet from Montreal collided head-on, killing the pilot & co-pilot instantly, injuring dozens (some seriously).
Airport shut down, FAA in full ground stop as NTSB launches investigation into how this happened during another in-cabin emergency response.
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Posted on 3/23/26 at 7:02 am to Placekicker
Posted on 3/23/26 at 7:05 am to Placekicker
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BREAKING AUDIO: Chilling new ATC audio released captures the desperate moments as an Air Traffic controller frantically yells 'STOP, STOP, STOP, Truck 1, STOP!' as the fire truck crossed the runway, seconds before colliding with Air Canada Express CRJ-900, killing BOTH PILOTS and injuring dozens.
That's after ATC told them they could go... according to the article I read. The fire truck had clearance to cut across to get to a different plane to investigate an "odor".
Posted on 3/23/26 at 7:08 am to Placekicker
I just saw the official report on this. This airport is as crazy as New York City. The air traffic controller was dealing with an emergency and admitted he screwed up and was alerting the fire Truck to not get on that runway but it was too late...
This post was edited on 3/23/26 at 7:10 am
Posted on 3/23/26 at 7:22 am to cajunangelle
This appears to be ATC fault. Not sure if truck driver didn't hear the last call to stop....but sending a fire truck across taxi and runways has got to be stressful as an ATC at a busy airport like that.
I would've thought that to send a firetruck across a runway you would've be sent the current plane on a go around instead of threading the needle between planes.
I would've thought that to send a firetruck across a runway you would've be sent the current plane on a go around instead of threading the needle between planes.
Posted on 3/23/26 at 7:24 am to SallysHuman
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That's after ATC told them they could go
ATC is in deep shite for not using standard terminology alone.
This post was edited on 3/23/26 at 7:26 am
Posted on 3/23/26 at 7:25 am to SallysHuman
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That's after ATC told them they could go... according to the article I read. The fire truck had clearance to cut across to get to a different plane to investigate an "odor".
I guess with ATC clearance, they don't have to look both ways.
Posted on 3/23/26 at 7:27 am to Placekicker
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Air Canada
Posted on 3/23/26 at 7:28 am to jp4lsu
Yeah and remember up north there hasn't been a spring. The conditions last night at 11:30 were rain and fog.
Posted on 3/23/26 at 7:29 am to jp4lsu
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I would've thought that to send a firetruck across a runway you would've be sent the current plane on a go around
Plenty of time for a vehicle crossing if next plane up is on a 3 mile final and the previous aircraft just passed by.
One thing in the posted clip I didn't hear was any communication that said crossing "approved." It'll be interesting to hear the entire comm chain once it's posted on YouTube, normally those go up pretty quick. Sad thing is we've had a lot of near misses in the last few years so something like this was getting pretty close to inevitable, and that sucks.
Posted on 3/23/26 at 7:29 am to jp4lsu
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I would've thought that to send a firetruck across a runway you would've be sent the current plane on a go around instead of threading the needle between planes.
FAR too late. The plane had landed and had slowed to 24 MPH at impact
Posted on 3/23/26 at 7:35 am to AUMIS01
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Plenty of time for a vehicle crossing if next plane up is on a 3 mile final and the previous aircraft just passed by.
One thing in the posted clip I didn't hear was any communication that said crossing "approved." It'll be interesting to hear the entire comm chain once it's posted on YouTube, normally those go up pretty quick. Sad thing is we've had a lot of near misses in the last few years so something like this was getting pretty close to inevitable, and that sucks.
Plenty? IDK.
Call me crazy, but it seems like a REALLY bad idea to have anything cross the runway especially in low vis, at night, etc. without shutting the runway down temporarily. Just divery traffic to the other runway, if that's not available take a minute to shut it down.
I fully understand that's not a minor task, but the other option is not cross the runway and go around.
Posted on 3/23/26 at 8:20 am to baldona
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Call me crazy, but it seems like a REALLY bad idea to have anything cross the runway especially in low vis, at night, etc. without shutting the runway down temporarily. Just divery traffic to the other runway, if that's not available take a minute to shut it down.
Again, it all depends on the spacing of traffic. If somebody is on a 1 mile final you're not clearing anybody to cross. If they're on a 3 or more it is plenty of time. Same with if you're crossing a departure runway, you simply hold departure traffic for 30-60 seconds until crossings are completed. Aircraft and vehicles cross active runways all the time without incident in all weather conditions. There is prescribed standard terminology for these types of operations that I didn't hear in the snippet of the ATC comms from the video.
There's also a reason why you'd normally have separate controllers for ground and landing / departure clearances, so no one link gets overwhelmed in the tower.
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