LaGuardia remains shut after deadly runway crash kills 2, grounds 500 flights

Air Canada jet strikes fire truck during landing, triggering mass cancellations and federal probe.

Queens, NY – LaGuardia Airport remains closed following a fatal overnight collision between an Air Canada Express jet and a Port Authority fire truck, an incident that killed two pilots and sent more than 40 people to the hospital while halting operations at one of the nation’s busiest airports.

The crash occurred around 11:40 p.m. Sunday on Runway 4, when Air Canada Express Flight AC8646, a CRJ-900 arriving from Montreal, struck an aircraft rescue and firefighting vehicle responding to a separate onboard odor report involving another plan...