{"id":15992,"date":"2026-03-25T07:27:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T07:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=15992"},"modified":"2026-03-25T07:27:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T07:27:21","slug":"newly-surfaced-audio-from-the-fatal-crash-at-laguardia-airport-is-sending-shockwaves-capturing-what-appears-to-be-an-air-traffic-controllers-emotional-words-in-the-moments-after-a-passenger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=15992","title":{"rendered":"Newly surfaced audio from the fatal crash at LaGuardia Airport is sending shockwaves, capturing what appears to be an air traffic controller\u2019s emotional words in the moments after a passenger jet collided with a fire truck"},"content":{"rendered":"

An Air Canada flight collided with a firetruck on the runway at LaGuardia Airport on Sunday and an air traffic controller says he told the truck to stop after it got approval to cross<\/p>\n

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Audio has been released of the air traffic controllers working at LaGuardia Airport in New York City when a deadly crash occurred on the runway on Sunday, March 22.<\/p>\n

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An Air Canada flight collided with a firetruck. The pilot and co-pilot were killed.<\/p>\n

In the audio from air traffic control, a controller is heard giving the go-ahead to cross before a controller is then heard shouting, \u201cStop, stop, stop, stop, truck 1, stop, stop, stop.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cStop, truck 1, stop!\u201d\u00a0the controller says again, according to the audio.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unclear how the truck responded in the moments before the collision.<\/p>\n

Later, two unidentified air traffic controllers are heard discussing the incident, with one saying, \u201cI got the word that we\u2019re gonna be closed for a little while\u201d before the other notes, \u201cThat wasn\u2019t good to watch.\u201d<\/p>\n

The first air traffic controller then says, \u201cYeah, I know. I was there. I was trying to reach out to \u2019em to stop. We were dealing with an emergency earlier. I messed up.\u201d<\/p>\n

His colleague assures him, \u201cNah, man, you did the best you could.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The scene after an Air Canada flight collided with a firetruck at LaGuardia Airport on March 22.<\/span>TIMOTHY A. CLARY\/AFP via Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Around 11:40 p.m. local time on Sunday, a Jazz Aviation flight being operated on behalf of Air Canada crashed into an aircraft rescue and firefighting (or ARFF) vehicle on LaGuardia\u2019s runway four as the truck was \u201cresponding to a separate incident\u201d at the airport, the National Transportation Safety Board and LaGuardia both confirmed on X.<\/p>\n

Of the 72 passengers and four crew members on board the CRJ-900 aircraft, Flight 8646 from Montreal to LaGuardia, 41 were transported to the hospital and 32 had since been released, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey\u2019s executive director, Kathryn Garcia, said in a news conference.<\/p>\n

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Emergency responders at the scene after an Air Canada flight collided with a firetruck at LaGuardia Airport on March 22.<\/span>TIMOTHY A. CLARY \/ AFP via Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe pilot and co-pilot of the Jazz Aviation flight were pronounced deceased,\u201d a Port Authority spokesperson confirmed in a statement to PEOPLE.<\/p>\n

\u201cAdditionally, 41 people were transported to the hospital, 39 people on the aircraft and two ARFF officers,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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