AFP has contacted the port authority and Air Canada for comment.
Emergency personnel respond to an Air Canada Express CRJ-900 sitting on the runway after colliding with a Port Authority fire truck at LaGuardia Airport in New York, on March 23, 2026. Photo / Angela Weiss, AFP
Flight tracking platform FlightRadar24 said an Air Canada Express plane had “collided with an airport rescue and firefighting vehicle” while landing.
The aircraft, a CRJ-900 operated by Jazz Aviation, Air Canada’s regional partner, had departed from Montreal, the platform said.
It “was rolling down the runway when it struck” the vehicle as it crossed its path, according to FlightRadar24.
Unverified social media images showed an Air Canada aircraft with a badly damaged nose and cockpit area apparently on a runway at night, with emergency vehicles nearby.
New York’s emergency management authority warned people to “expect cancellations, road closures, traffic delays & emergency personnel” near the major transport hub in the borough of Queens.
“Use alternate routes,” it said on X.
All departing flights from LaGuardia had been either delayed or canceled as of early Monday, the airport’s website showed.
AFP has also contacted the airport and the port authority police department for comment.
LaGuardia had already been suffering from flight disruptions due to poor weather, the airport said on Sunday on X.
Passengers were also waiting longer to pass security due to “staffing impacts” from a federal funding lapse, it said last week.
– Agence France-Presse