{"id":14400,"date":"2026-03-23T14:51:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T14:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/?p=14400"},"modified":"2026-03-23T14:52:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T14:52:05","slug":"audio-from-laguardia-reveals-emergency-response-during-air-canada-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/audio-from-laguardia-reveals-emergency-response-during-air-canada-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"Audio From LaGuardia Reveals Emergency Response During Air Canada Incident"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A chilling new <strong>air traffic control (ATC) recording<\/strong> has surfaced, revealing the frantic moments just before a late-night collision at <strong>LaGuardia Airport<\/strong>. The clip captures controllers desperately trying to stop a ground vehicle from crossing an active runway\u2014seconds before an <strong>Air Canada Express CRJ-900<\/strong> struck it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The audio begins with routine clearance for the truck:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;Truck 1 and Company, LaGuardia Tower, requesting to cross at 4 at Delta.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moments later, urgency escalates:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;Stop, stop, stop. Stop, Truck 1, stop!&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Controllers then scramble to prevent further incidents:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;Delta 2603, go around, runway heading 2000.&#8221;<\/em><br><em>&#8220;Jazz 646, I see you collide with a vehicle.&#8221;<\/em><br><em>&#8220;Runway 4-2-2 is closed at this time. I repeat, runway 4-2-2 is closed.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">DEVELOPING: Plane collides with fire truck on taxiway at LaGuardia Airport in New York, per initial reports. Unconfirmed reports of injuries.<br><br> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nmgyZswWCq\">pic.twitter.com\/nmgyZswWCq<\/a><\/p>&mdash; AZ Intel (@AZ_Intel_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AZ_Intel_\/status\/2035929324058997091?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Continue reading on next page&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--nextpage-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The aircraft, arriving from Montreal with roughly 80\u2013100 passengers, struck the vehicle at about <strong>24 mph<\/strong> around 11:40 p.m. on Sunday, March 23, 2026. The fire truck was reportedly responding to another incident when the collision occurred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tragically, <strong>both pilots were killed<\/strong>, and at least <strong>four others were critically injured<\/strong>, including two Port Authority officers\u2014a sergeant and a firefighter\u2014who were hospitalized with serious injuries. Early reports suggest controllers had cleared the truck to cross, but changing conditions and urgent warnings couldn\u2019t prevent the impact. Poor weather may have also played a role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)<\/strong> immediately halted all flights at LaGuardia. At least <strong>18 flights were diverted<\/strong> to nearby airports, including JFK and Newark. Photos from the scene show severe damage to the plane\u2019s forward fuselage and the truck, highlighting the devastating force of the collision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Investigators from the <strong>National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)<\/strong> are now piecing together the critical seconds that led to the crash, examining communication, runway procedures, and environmental factors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This story is ongoing, and authorities continue to release updates as more information becomes available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u2708\ufe0f Stay informed\u2014share this breaking news and follow for updates as investigators reveal what went wrong at LaGuardia.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A chilling new air traffic control (ATC) recording has surfaced, revealing the frantic moments just before a late-night collision at&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14403,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14400"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14402,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14400\/revisions\/14402"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}