US EditionPilots killed in plane crash at N.Y.’s LaGuardia Airport identified
The collision killed the two pilots and injured 41 people, with most hospitalized passengers released by Monday, officials said.
- Local Canadian officials identified the two pilots killed in Sunday's LaGuardia Airport collision as Antoine Forest and Mackenzie Gunther, though investigators have not yet publicly confirmed the identities.
- Late Sunday night, Air Canada Express flight 8646 collided with a fire truck on a LaGuardia Airport runway after arriving from Montreal, carrying 72 passengers and four crew members.
- According to the New York Port Authority, 41 people aboard the flight were hospitalized with what officials described as "serious injuries," while two Port Authority employees in the fire truck sustained injuries deemed "not life-threatening."
- Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney called the collision "deeply saddening" on Monday, while Seneca Polytechnic ordered flags at its Toronto campus flown at half-staff Tuesday to honor Gunther.
- Investigators have recovered both the cockpit voice and flight data recorders as officials work to determine how conflicting clearances were issued simultaneously. President Donald Trump described the crash as a "terrible" situation and a "mistake.
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Air Canada Pilots Identified After Fatal LaGuardia Collision
The two pilots who died when an Air Canada jet collided with a fire truck at New York City’s LaGuardia Airport on March 22 have been identified as Antoine Forrest and Mackenzie Gunther, both Canadians. The pair were piloting the plane, with dozens of passengers on board, during Sunday night’s devastating collision on the airport’s runway No. 4. Forrest was identified by his great aunt, Jeannette Gagnier, during an interview with The Associated P…
‘It’s important to say their names’: American passenger thanks Canadian pilots after fatal runway crash
An American passenger who survived the fatal Air Canada flight at LaGuardia Airport is thanking the two Canadian pilots for saving the lives of dozens of people onboard the plane.
Pilots killed in LaGuardia Airport runway collision identified as 2 "young men at the start of their careers"
The pilots killed in a collision between a jetliner and a fire truck on a New York runway have been identified as Capt. Antoine Forest and First Officer Mackenzie Gunther.
They reveal the identity of the pilot and co-pilot in charge of Air Canada's Bombardier CRJ-900, an aircraft that crashed into a fire truck at New York's LaGuardia Airport.Although their names have not been pronounced by U.S. authorities and neither by the airline, their relatives spoke to various media outlets.The pilots who are attributed to have saved the lives of 72 passengers respond to the names of Mackenzie Gunther and Antoine Forest.Mack…
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