Bodies of pilots who died in collision at N.Y. airport are repatriated to Canada | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] The bodies of the two Air Canada pilots who died in a collision on a runway at LaGuardia Airport on Sunday have returned to Canada. Pilots carried the casket of Jazz Aviation first officer Mackenzie Gunther off a plane at the Ottawa International Airport on Thursday afternoon. Capt. Antoine Forest’s body was then flown […]
Deadly LaGuardia collision: Letters to the Editor — March 27, 2026
[ad_1] The Issue: An Air Canada jet collides with a Port Authority fire truck at LaGuardia Airport. While the fire truck that struck the Air Canada jet on the LaGuardia Airport runway lacked a transponder that could have prevented the fatal accident, it apparently also lacked an intersection emergency automatic braking system that many new […]
Air Canada crash: Quebec hometown mourns pilot Antoine Forest | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] The death of Air Canada Jazz pilot Antoine Forest, who perished when his plane collided with an emergency vehicle at New York’s LaGuardia Airport on Sunday, has sparked an outpouring of sympathy in his hometown southwest of Montreal. Since late Monday, many citizens have been calling city hall in Coteau-du-Lac to offer their condolences […]
Air traffic controller involved in deadly LaGuardia plane crash still kept working: ‘We have questions’
[ad_1] The air traffic controller at the helm when an Air Canada plane crashed into a rescue truck at LaGuardia Airport continued working after the deadly incident. Only two controllers were on duty when two pilots were killed in the crash around 11:45 p.m. Sunday — but only one of them cleared the emergency vehicle […]
The 2 pilots killed in Air Canada LaGuardia Airport crash now identified | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] Descrease article font size Increase article font size The two Air Canada pilots killed in a deadly crash after their plane collided with a firetruck at LaGuardia Airport on Sunday night have been identified as Antoine Forest and Mackenzie Gunther. Forest was identified through a Facebook post from the city of Coteau-du-Lac, a community […]
2 Air Canada pilots dead after flight from Montreal crashes at LaGuardia Airport | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] Two Air Canada pilots are dead after their flight originating from Montreal collided with a fire truck at New York’s LaGuardia Airport Sunday night. The Jazz Aviation flight, Air Canada’s regional airline, was carrying 76 people when it touched down and slammed into a fire truck on a runway at around 11:30 p.m. March […]