Air Canada Plane Collides with Fire Truck
An emergency ground stop was issued as an Air Canada passenger plane collided with a fire truck during takeoff operations on the tarmac of New York's LaGuardia airport. At least 60 people were injured in the incident that occurred early Wednesday morning at JFK/La Guardia Airport (LGA), though some reports initially cited different numbers before clarifying to sixty total injuries including four firefighters who are currently listed as being critical and one pilot with serious burns, according to NBC News sources on March 23.
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Four people were injured when an Air Canada passenger plane collided with a vehicle on LaGuardia Airport runway late Sunday, according to authorities.
— (NBC News)Jazz Airlines Flight 646 struck a fire truck at the airport leaving six firefighters in critical condition and sixty other passengers or crew members hurt as ground operations were halted for safety reasons. The crash occurred on taxiway during night hours prompting emergency response teams to secure area.
— (Irishstar)"Four people injured after Air Canada plane collides with vehicle at New York's La Guardia Airport," confirmed by local police sources who verified the collision details involving ground vehicles and aircraft operations in late Sunday evening timeframe according official reports released early morning Monday March 23rd.
— (Nbcmiami)"AirCanadaPlaneCrashNewYorkLaGuardiaAirportFireTruckCollisionInjuriesReportedGroundStopIssuedSixtyPeopleHurtFourCriticalCondition" - breaking news update from multiple international outlets including German, Swiss and Israeli media sources reporting same incident timeline.
— (Multiple Sources)"LietasizshvohnyuszhymashinoyuNyuYorki60osobypostrelzheny4kryticheskomustoinii" - Ukrainian news agency RBC reported the collision involving an aircraft and fire truck resulting in significant injuries requiring medical attention.
— (Rbc.ua)