{"id":171934,"date":"2026-03-23T10:54:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T10:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/171934\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T10:54:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T10:54:39","slug":"latest-on-plane-crash-in-queens-overnight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/171934\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest on plane crash in Queens overnight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/getty_laguardiacrash-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-7d0efd03=\"\"\/> article    <\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">There was a fatal overnight plane crash at LaGuardia Airport in Queens, and officials say the airport will remain closed until at least 2 p.m. Monday.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"fox5ny.com\/news\/fatal-laguardia-quyeens-plane-runway-cras\" origination_station=\"WNYW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Authorities say two people were killed in the crash; both pilots aboard the aircraft.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">According to preliminary information from the FAA, Air Canada Express Flight 8646 struck an Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting vehicle after landing on Runway 4 around 11:45 p.m. Sunday. The CRJ-900 jet had arrived from Montreal.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"fox5ny.com\/news\/fatal-laguardia-quyeens-plane-runway-cras\" origination_station=\"WNYW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\">The backstory:<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Air traffic control audio captures the chaotic moments leading up to the collision. A Port Authority Police Department (PAPD) unit identified as &#8220;truck 1 and company&#8221; requested permission to cross the runway. The tower cleared the vehicle to cross Runway 4 at Delta before urgently issuing multiple commands to stop.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">&#8220;Stop stop stop stop stop\u2026 stop truck 1 stop,&#8221; the controller can be heard saying.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Shortly after, operations at the airport were halted. &#8220;LaGuardia Airport is closed at this time, no aircraft in or out,&#8221; a transmission states.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Port Authority officials say the crash involved a PAPD emergency vehicle that had been responding to another aircraft reporting an odor.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"fox5ny.com\/news\/fatal-laguardia-quyeens-plane-runway-cras\" origination_station=\"WNYW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\">By the numbers:<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">In total, 41 people \u2014 including passengers, crew members and PAPD officers were transported to nearby hospitals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Officials say 32 have already been released, while several others remain hospitalized with serious injuries.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">The PAPD sergeant and officer inside the crash vehicle are in stable condition.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">The National Transportation Safety Board is leading the investigation, with teams already on scene and additional investigators expected to arrive later Monday. The FAA is also assisting.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">LaGuardia Airport remains closed as the investigation continues and crews work to clear the scene. Officials say the closure could extend beyond the initial 2 p.m. estimate.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">This is a breaking news story. Check back for updates. Officials caution that this information is preliminary and subject to change.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: This report is based on information from LaGuardia Airport.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/science\/air-space\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air and Space<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article There was a fatal overnight plane crash at LaGuardia Airport in Queens, and officials say the airport&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":171935,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[60326,9,24,12,63,122,124,123,6781],"class_list":["post-171934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-air-space","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}