![\"Officials](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/v1amp404ummuva7u.jpg\")
The latest <\/p>\nNEW YORK CITY – LaGuardia Airport in Queens will remain closed until at least 2 p.m. Monday after two pilots were killed in an overnight collision.<\/p>\n
The latest <\/p>\n
What we know:<\/p>\n
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
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774276657_687_getty_laguardiacrash-1.jpg\")
<\/p>\n
The backstory:<\/p>\n
Air traffic control audio captured the chaotic moments leading up to the collision. A Port Authority Police Department (PAPD) unit identified as “truck 1 and company,” 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
“Stop stop stop stop stop\u2026 stop truck 1 stop,” the controller can be heard saying.<\/p>\n
Shortly after, operations at the airport were halted. “LaGuardia Airport is closed at this time, no aircraft in or out,” a transmission states.<\/p>\n
Port Authority officials say the crash involved a PAPD emergency vehicle that had been responding to another aircraft reporting an odor.<\/p>\n
What we know about the victims <\/p>\n
By the numbers:<\/p>\n
In total, 41 people,<\/a> including passengers, crew members and PAPD officers were transported to nearby hospitals.\u00a0<\/p>\n Officials say 32 have already been released, while several others remain hospitalized with serious injuries. The PAPD sergeant and officer inside the crash vehicle are in stable condition.<\/p>\n 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 LaGuardia Airport closed until 2 p.m. <\/p>\n What’s next:<\/p>\n 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 Emergency personnel respond to an Air Canada Express CRJ-900 after colliding with a Port Authority fire truck at LaGuardia Airport in New York, on March 23, 2026. Air Canada Express flight AC8646 originated from Montreal and collided with the fire tr <\/p>\n Officials caution that this information is preliminary and subject to change.<\/p>\n The Source: This report is based on information from LaGuardia Airport.<\/p>\n News<\/a>Air and Space<\/a>Instastories<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK CITY – LaGuardia Airport in Queens will remain closed until at least 2 p.m. Monday after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":172130,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[60326,23083,9,24,12,63,122,124,123,6781,4887],"class_list":["post-172129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-air-space","tag-instastories","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-science","tag-series"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172129","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=172129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Passenger](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/kzhdhp0kmtvty83x.jpg\")
<\/p>\n![\"Aviation](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/5ved93ulkqi9xsen.jpg\")
<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/gettyimages-2267520004.jpg\")
<\/p>\n