An Air Canada Express plane, operated by Jazz Aviation, collided with a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport in New York on Monday evening, leaving four firefighters critically injured. Emergency responseEmergency responders were quickly on the scene, and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a ground stop for all flights at the airport, citing an emergency. The tower then instructed another aircraft, "Frontier 4195, just stop there please," before issuing repeated warnings: "Truck 1 stop stop stop. Stop Truck 1, STOP." The incident comes as LaGuardia Airport was already grappling with massive congestion linked to a funding standoff affecting the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).

Source: dna March 23, 2026 05:39 UTC