American aviation experts probe LA plane crash; co-pilot Mackenzie Gunther identified
On March 23, a fatal collision between an Airbus A-TR and another aircraft at New York LaGuardia Airport killed the Air Canada captain Antoine Forest and his second-in-command MacKenzie "Mac" Gunther while leaving more than forty passengers injured in critical condition as emergency crews worked to stabilize them.
Key Points
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1Two pilots, Antoine Forest (pilot) and Mackenzie Gunther (co-pilot), have been identified as the victims of Sunday night's fatal collision between an Air Canada Express jet at LaGuardia Airport. The crash involved a fire truck on the runway.
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2The two young men were described by federal officials as being 'at the start of their careers,' and passengers praised them for making potentially lifesaving last-minute manoeuvres before impact.
Developments
Mackenzie Gunther and Antoine Forrest were identified on Monday as Canadian pilots killed when an Air Canada jet collided with a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport due to failed runway warning systems during government shutdowns affecting air traffic control. Approximately 40 passengers, crew members from the regional flight carrying them two people in the emergency vehicle received serious injuries but most recovered by early Tuesday morning
Two young Air Canada Jazz pilots were killed when their jet collided with a New York City airport's firefighting vehicle on runway four, an incident that passengers described involving sudden hard braking before impact and which investigators are currently examining for its cause while emergency crews treated 41 injured individuals.
Two pilots identified by name were killed in a Sunday LaGuardia crash where an Air Canada jet collided with a fire truck on its runway; federal officials described them as young men at the start of their careers. Passengers praised both Antoine Forest and Mackenzie Gunther for taking actions that likely saved other lives, while investigators continue to analyze undamaged flight recorders in hopes of determining what led to the incident over several months.
Two pilots from Canada were killed when their Air Canada flight collided head-on with a Port Authority fire truck at LaGuardia Airport while landing late Sunday night; they are identified as Antoine Forest, who worked for Jazz Aviation based in Montreal, and Mackenzie Gunther. The crash occurred moments after the aircraft landed just before it hit an oncoming vehicle that cut across its path during final approach to land safely with 72 passengers still inside