AFP has contacted the port authority and Air Canada for comment. Emergency personnel respond to an Air Canada Express CRJ-900 sitting on the runway after colliding with a Port Authority fire truck at LaGuardia Airport in New York, on March 23, 2026. Photo / Angela Weiss, AFPFlight tracking platform FlightRadar24 said an Air Canada Express plane had “collided with an airport rescue and firefighting vehicle” while landing. New York’s emergency management authority warned people to “expect cancellations, road closures, traffic delays & emergency personnel” near the major transport hub in the borough of Queens. AFP has also contacted the airport and the port authority police department for comment.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 23, 2026 10:14 UTC