"Air traffic controllers can be heard giving directions to the firetruck as it was near Runway 4 at the Queens airport around 11:30 p.m. Sunday. The person can be heard quickly instructing the truck to stop multiple times before the audio cuts out."
"The pilot and co-pilot of the plane died in the collision, two sources told NBC New York. Two Port Authority police officers were injured and taken to area hospitals, suffering broken bones but expected to recover."
"Flight AC8646, a Jazz Aviation flight operating as Air Canada Express, had taken off from Montréal Sunday evening. The plane was travelling about 30 mph at the time it collided with the vehicle on Runway 4."
"A Port Authority spokesperson said the Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting vehicle was responding to a separate incident at the time of the collision, but no further details were provided."
An airplane collided with a Port Authority firetruck on the runway at LaGuardia Airport, killing the pilot and co-pilot. The incident occurred as air traffic controllers instructed the firetruck to stop multiple times. The Air Canada flight was landing when it struck the truck, which was responding to another incident. Two police officers in the firetruck were injured but are expected to recover. An investigation by the NTSB is underway to determine the cause of the collision.
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