Investigators converge on New York’s LaGuardia Airport after pilots killed in plane collision with fire truck

Two people are dead after a plane collided with a fire truck at New York City’s second-biggest airport. Follow for live updates.
Opinion

After NTSB report on LGA crash, time for Port Authority to make airports safer

The NTSB's preliminary findings on the LaGuardia collision center around three key issues: communication, staffing and technology.

Deadly crash at LaGuardia came after communication issues, NTSB says

Busy air traffic controllers dealing with an emergency and breakdowns with communication happened before a plane and fire ...

Firefighter heard ‘stop stop stop’ before deadly LaGuardia collision – but didn’t know who the warning was for, NTSB finds

The same air traffic controller who cleared a fire truck to cross an active runway at LaGuardia Airport last month had just ...

LaGuardia Plane Crash: Weather Report Revealed

A weather report is shedding new light on the conditions present when a jet collided with a vehicle on Sunday night in New York.

Key takeaways from a report into the deadly plane crash at LaGuardia Airport

According to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board, the truck drove through the airport’s ...

New video reveals shredded wreckage of LaGuardia plane crash

New York’s LaGuardia airport was so busy last Sunday before an ​Air Canada (AC.TO) jet collided with a fire truck that ...

Firefighters Likely Had Limited View of Approaching Plane in LaGuardia Crash

The Times created a 3-D model to visualize the sight lines from inside the fire truck seconds before it crashed with a ...
Associated Press

Mangled plane in LaGuardia crash is towed from runway as most injured passengers leave hospital

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Crews towed away the wreckage of the plane ...