US EditionBodies of pilots who died in collision at N.Y. airport to be repatriated to Canada
Bodies of two Air Canada pilots killed in a LaGuardia runway collision were repatriated to Canada as the NTSB investigates and the runway reopens after repairs.
- On Thursday, the bodies of Air Canada pilots Mackenzie Gunther and Antoine Forest were repatriated to Canada following their deaths in a LaGuardia Airport collision, with Gunther arriving in Ottawa and Forest in Montreal.
- The pilots died Sunday night when their Air Canada Express plane collided with a Port Authority fire truck at LaGuardia, an incident currently under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board.
- Deaths of Gunther, 30, and Forest, 24, have 'shaken up the industry,' according to The Air Line Pilots Association, while Jazz Aviation captain Gil Renaud urged colleagues: 'We are a community built on mutual support.'
- LaGuardia reopened the affected runway Thursday morning after repairs and Federal Aviation Administration inspections confirmed safe operation, though the airport continues facing heavy disruptions with more than 300 cancellations.
- Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau apologized Thursday for his English-only condolence message amid resignation calls, while the airline works to reunite passengers with belongings as most of the roughly 40 injured have been released.
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The remains of the two Air Canada pilots who died on Sunday during a collision on a runway at LaGuardia Airport were repatriated to Canada.
Since the plane crash at LaGuardia airport that claimed the lives of two Canadian pilots on Sunday night, a lot of photos of them have been shared by the media and on social networks. But many of them are wrong.
Remains of two Air Canada pilots killed in LaGuardia Airport crash being flown back home
NEWARK, N.J. (NBC, KYMA) - The remains of the two Air Canada pilots killed in LaGuardia airport crash Sunday are being flown back home Thursday. The bodies of Capt. Antoine Forest and First Officer Mackenzie Gunther were be taken to Newark Liberty International Airport from two Queens funeral homes for a dignified transfer back to Canada. The crash between the air canada jet and a firetruck killed both pilots and sent more than 40 people to hosp…
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