“Audio From LaGuardia Tower Captures Emergency Response During Air Canada Incident”
Late Sunday night on March 22, a serious aviation accident occurred at LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York, when a passenger jet collided with an airport fire‑rescue vehicle on an active runway. The aircraft involved was Air Canada Express Flight 8646, a Bombardier CRJ‑900 operated by Jazz Aviation on behalf of Air Canada, arriving from Montréal‑Trudeau International Airport. Flight 8646 carried 72 passengers and four crew members when it touched down late Sunday evening, moments before the dramatic collision with an emergency vehicle. As the regional jet slowed after…