An Air Canada flight collided tonight with a Port Authority vehicle after landing at LaGuardia Airport in New York (United States), according to local authorities reported to agencies such as .
The New York Police Department confirmed the crash but could not immediately provide additional information.
Various local media such as They maintain that there could be at least two Port Authority agents, whose condition is serious, and that the vehicle in question that the aircraft collided with was a fire truck.
“The injured police officers work in the Aircraft Rescue and Fire Unit of the Port Authority Police Department, which has police personnel to respond to air emergencies,” indicates the same media.
A flight attendant was ejected from the front of the plane while still sitting in her seat during the accident. Port Authority agents rescued her and she was taken to the hospital, the newspaper’s sources added.
According to Jazz Aviation, the company that operated the Air Canada Express flight, there were 72 passengers and 4 crew members on board the Bombardier CRJ-900 plane. His condition is being evaluated. The plane was apparently carrying a group of Orthodox Jews from the New York area.
The official version
A spokesman for the New York City Fire Department said firefighters responded to reports of a plane crashing into a vehicle on the runway at 11:38 p.m., six hours older than mainland Spain. According to the media, the crash occurred on runway 4 when the Air Canada CRJ-900 aircraft, from Montreal, was landing.
The website reported that LaGuardia Airport has closed.
Several videos recorded by passersby and posted on social media showed the plane with severe damage to the front.
Emergency services assist the vehicle that collided with an Air Canada plane on the runway at LaGuardia Airport on March 23, 2026, in New York.
