An Air Canada regional jet travelling from Montreal struck a hearth truck on a runway whereas touchdown at New York’s LaGuardia Airport late Sunday, officers mentioned.
The pilot and copilot had been killed within the collision, which crushed the nostril of the plane, whereas 39 of the 76 passengers and crew members on board had been taken to space hospitals, some with severe accidents.
The airport was closed till 2 p.m. Monday to facilitate the investigation, which is being led by the Nationwide Transportation Security Board.
Beneath is a photograph gallery exhibiting the destruction:
An Air Canada Jet sits on the runway at LaGuardia Airport, Monday, March 23, 2026, after colliding with a Port Authority automobile in New York. (AP Photograph/Ryan Murphy) Firetrucks lineup exterior LaGuardia Airport, Monday, March 23, 2026, in New York, after an Air Canada Jet collided with a Port Authority automobile on a runway. (AP Photograph/Ryan Murphy) An Air Canada jet sits on the runway at LaGuardia Airport, Monday, March 23, 2026, after colliding with a Port Authority plane rescue and firefighting automobile after touchdown in New York. (AP Photograph/Ryan Murphy) A Port Authority plane rescue and firefighting automobile lays on its facet off of runway 4 after colliding with an Air Canada jet after it landed at LaGuardia Airport, Monday, March 23, 2026, in New York. (AP Photograph/Ryan Murphy)An Air Canada Jet sits on the runway at LaGuardia Airport, Monday, March 23, 2026, after colliding with a Port Authority plane rescue and firefighting automobile after touchdown in New York. (AP Photograph/Ryan Murphy) A Port Authority firetruck lays on its facet simply off the runway at LaGuardia Airport, Monday, March 23, 2026, after colliding with an Air Canada jet shortly after it landed late Sunday evening in New York. (AP Photograph/Seth Wenig) An Air Canada Categorical CRJ-900 sits on the runway after colliding with a Port Authority fireplace truck at LaGuardia Airport in New York, on March 23, 2026. (Photograph by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP through Getty Pictures)Firefighters and investigators study the positioning, Monday, March 23, 2026, the place an Air Canada jet got here to relaxation after colliding with a Port Authority firetruck at LaGuardia Airport, after touchdown Sunday evening in New York. (AP Photograph/Seth Wenig) Vacationers wait after flights had been canceled at Terminal B in LaGuardia Airport on March 23, 2026 in New York Metropolis. (Photograph by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Pictures)
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