Air Canada Express collision: Photos show horrific crash at LaGuardia Airport as 2 dead, several injured

Two pilots lost their lives and 41 people were rushed to hospitals following Air Canada Express collision at LaGuardia Airport.

Published on: Mar 23, 2026 4:01 PM IST

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Police close an airport entrance after LaGuardia Airport was closed following an Air Canada Express plane colliding with a fire truck on the tarmac at the airport on March 23, 2026 in New York City.  (Getty Images via AFP)

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Two people were killed and several others were injured in the late-night Air Canada plane crash. The plane had landed from a flight from Montreal.  (REUTERS)

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Investigators inspect the wreckage of a fire truck after it collided with an Air Canada Express jet that was landing at LaGuardia Airport in Queens. (REUTERS)

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Debris hangs from a damaged Air Canada Express jet that had collided with a ground vehicle at New York's LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York, U.S., March 23, 2026. REUTERS/Bing Guan (REUTERS)

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Emergency personnel respond to an Air Canada Express CRJ-900 after colliding with a Port Authority fire truck at LaGuardia Airport in New York. (AFP)

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Planes sit at gates after a ground stoppage was issued following a collision between an Air Canada Express CRJ-900 and a Port Authority fire truck at LaGuardia Airport in New York. (AFP)

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Travellers look for rides after LaGuardia Airport was closed following a collision between an Air Canada Express plane and a fire truck on the tarmac on March 23, 2026 in New York City. (Getty Images via AFP)

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A Port Authority aircraft rescue and firefighting vehicle lays on its side off of runway 4 after Air Canada plane crash. (AP)

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Firetrucks lineup outside LaGuardia Airport, Monday, March 23, 2026, in New York, after an Air Canada Jet collided with a Port Authority vehicle on a runway. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy) (AP)

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A bus transports plane crash survivors after an Air Canada Express jet collided with a ground vehicle at LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York, U.S., March 23, 2026.  (REUTERS)

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Kathryn Garcia, executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, said that the fire truck was making its way across the runway to attend to a different incident involving a United Airlines flight, where the pilot had informed about “an issue with odor,” (REUTERS)

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Stranded travellers sleep on the ground as their flights were cancelled after an Air Canada Express jet collided with a ground vehicle at New York's LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York, U.S., March 23, 2026. REUTERS/Bing Guan (REUTERS)