{"id":2582716,"date":"2026-03-23T04:49:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T08:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-dead-in-airplane-collision-at-laguardia-airport-in-new-york-city\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T04:51:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T08:51:03","slug":"two-dead-in-airplane-collision-at-laguardia-airport-in-new-york-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-dead-in-airplane-collision-at-laguardia-airport-in-new-york-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Two dead in airplane collision at LaGuardia Airport in New York City"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftwo-dead-in-airplane-collision-at-laguardia-airport-in-new-york-city%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2582716&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Two people were killed when a Jazz Aviation flight operating for Air Canada struck a Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting vehicle at LaGuardia airport in New York City shortly before midnight on Sunday. The incident occurred on Runway 4 as the rescue vehicle was responding to a separate call about an unknown odor in the cockpit. The aircraft was traveling about 130 mph at the time of impact.<\/p>\n<p>The pilot and co-pilot of the Jazz Aviation flight were killed, and two port Authority firefighters on the emergency vehicle were injured.The flight, carrying 72 passengers and four crew members, was arriving from Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport. The FAA closed LaGuardia to facilitate the response and investigation, with a reopening planned for Monday at 2 p.m. EST, and the National Transportation Safety Board expected to begin its investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency response protocols were activated, and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >authorities noted ongoing weather-related disruptions<\/a> had previously caused flight delays. The wider context includes ongoing airport delays nationwide due to a lapse in funding for the Department of Homeland Security, which has left TSA workers unpaid and led to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-happens-during-a-government-shutdown-and-who-is-affected\/\" title=\"During a government shutdown, various government services and agencies cease their operations due to a lack of funding. This affects a wide range of ..., including federal employees, contractors, and citizens who rely on government programs and services.\">longer security lines<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Two dead in airplane collision at LaGuardia Airport in New York City<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2538815\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Shortly before midnight on Sunday, an Air <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/canada\/\">Canada<\/a> regional jet collided with a Port Authority of New York and New Jersey aircraft rescue and firefighting vehicle at LaGuardia Airport in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york\/\">New York City<\/a>. The pilot and co-pilot were <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/new-york-city\/plane-collides-vehicle-laguardia-airport\/6479805\/\">reportedly<\/a> killed in the collision, and several others were injured.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Jazz Aviation flight, collided with the Port Authority emergency vehicle that was responding to an earlier call with a plane on the runway that requested assistance because of an unknown odor in the cockpit, CNN <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2026\/03\/23\/us\/laguardia-airport-aircraft-emergency-hnk\">reported<\/a>. The plane was traveling at approximately 130 miles per hour when it struck the vehicle.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4500028\/family-appeals-community-clues-nancy-guthrie\/\">Family appeals to Arizona community for clues in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/final-deadline-passes-sheriffs-department-chasing-new-leads-in-nancy-guthrie-case\/\" title=\"Final Deadline Passes: Sheriff&#039;s Department Chasing &#039;New Leads&#039; in Nancy Guthrie Case\">ongoing disappearance<\/a> of Nancy Guthrie<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4500020\/arson-attack-london-jewish-community-investigated-antisemitism\/\">Arson attack on Jewish community ambulance service being investigated as hate crime<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4499996\/iran-strike-range-european-cities-nato-chief\/\">Iran &#8216;very close&#8217; to being able to strike major European cities, NATO chief warns<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;At approximately 11:40 p.m. on Sunday, a Jazz Aviation flight operating on behalf of Air Canada was involved in an incident on Runway 4 at LaGuardia Airport in which the aircraft struck a Port Authority Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting vehicle that was responding to a separate incident,&rdquo; a statement <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LGAairport\/status\/2035977257601183909\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">released<\/a> by LaGuardia Airport.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">At approximately 11:40 p.m. on Sunday, a Jazz Aviation flight operating on behalf of Air Canada was involved in an incident on Runway 4 at LaGuardia Airport in which the aircraft struck a Port Authority Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting vehicle that was responding to a separate&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; LaGuardia Airport (@LGAairport) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LGAairport\/status\/2035977257601183909?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Emergency response protocols were immediately activated,&rdquo; noted the statement. &ldquo;The Port Authority Police Department is on scene along with the agency&rsquo;s Chairman and Executive Director. The airport is currently closed to facilitate the response and allow for a thorough investigation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The pilot and co-pilot were killed in the crash, CNN reported. Two people from the Port Authority emergency vehicle were injured. The plane had <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/new-york-laguardia-airport-air-canada-collision-6a3cbabbeed76125fa5f7aed32679fd8\">72 passengers<\/a> and four crew members on board and was arriving from Montr&eacute;al-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport. No passengers <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/new-york-city\/plane-collides-vehicle-laguardia-airport\/6479805\/\">reportedly<\/a> suffered any serious injuries. <\/p>\n<p>The Federal Aviation Administration <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nasstatus.faa.gov\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a> LaGuardia Airport would be <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LGAairport\/status\/2035977257601183909\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">closed<\/a> until Monday at 2 p.m. EST to &ldquo;facilitate the response and allow for a thorough investigation.&rdquo; The National Transportation Safety Board is expected to arrive at the airport on Monday and begin an investigation of the collision, according to reports. Earlier Sunday evening, LaGuardia Airport <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LGAairport\/status\/2035977257601183909\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">warned<\/a> that many flights were experiencing delays and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ghana-is-first-country-to-receive-vaccines-through-global-covax-program\/\" title=\"Ghana Is First Country To Receive Vaccines Through Global COVAX Program\">disruptions due<\/a> to weather conditions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Weather conditions have caused LGA Airport flight disruptions. Check with your airline to determine the status of your flight.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; LaGuardia Airport (@LGAairport) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LGAairport\/status\/2035876766657765465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Sunday&rsquo;s collision comes amid widespread chaos and delays at airports across the country due to the lapse in funding for the Department of Homeland Security, which has left Transportation Security Administration workers unpaid for weeks. As a result, a significant number of TSA workers have called out, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-vows-revenge-against-israel-after-nuclear-plant-targeted\/\" title=\"Iran Vows Revenge Against Israel After Nuclear Plant Targeted\">causing significant delays<\/a> in security lines for travelers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two killed after LaGuardia plane hits rescue vehicle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2582717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AirCanadacrash.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[76351,76352,70371,76350,70082],"class_list":["post-2582716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-airplane-collision","tag-aviation-accident-2","tag-breaking-news-2","tag-laguardia-airport-2","tag-new-york-city-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AirCanadacrash.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2582716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2582716"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2582716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2582720,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2582716\/revisions\/2582720"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2582717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2582716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2582716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2582716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}