Air Canada Express jet hits a fire truck at LaGuardia, killing both pilots

A Bombardier CRJ900LR operating as Air Canada Express Flight 8646 collided with a fire truck while landing at LaGuardia Airport. The flight had come from Montreal, Quebec. Both pilots were killed. Forty-one other people were injured.

LaGuardia Airport is in New York City. A collision on landing between an airliner and a fire truck is a runway accident, not a crash from cruising altitude. The aircraft type is a regional jet, the CRJ900LR. Air Canada Express is the operating brand of the flight, and 8646 is the flight number.

Both pilots died. Forty-one others were injured, a figure that covers people hurt but not killed in the account. The report did not say how many passengers were aboard or whether any of the injured were firefighters. It also did not state the weather or the reason the truck was on the runway.

Montreal is the departure city in Quebec, Canada. New York is the arrival. The aircraft was on the landing phase when it hit the truck. No total of occupants was published, so the 41 injured cannot be turned into a full manifest. The two deaths were specified as the pilots.

Airport fire trucks are emergency vehicles that sometimes sit near runways. This report recorded that one was struck by the landing jet. It did not assign fault. It gave the operator, the type, the route, the airport, and the casualties. Flight 8646 was the identifier.

Air Canada Express Flight 8646 from Montreal hit a fire truck on landing at LaGuardia. Both pilots were killed and 41 others were injured. The jet was a Bombardier CRJ900LR. Those casualties and that collision were the accident as reported.