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What happened in the seconds before Air Canada plane crashed at LaGuardia

BBC News - World Human InterestNews ReportEN 1 min read 100% complete March 24, 2026 at 09:55 PM
What happened in the seconds before Air Canada plane crashed at LaGuardia
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On March 22nd at LaGuardia Airport in New York, an Air Canada plane crashed after colliding with a fire truck on a runway. The incident resulted in the deaths of two pilots and injuries to several passengers and crew members. BBC Verify analyzed air-traffic-control audio and flight-tracking data to reconstruct the events leading up to the collision. The investigation aims to determine the sequence of events and contributing factors that caused the Air Canada plane to crash into the fire truck. The BBC report, produced by Aisha Sembhi with graphics by Mesut Ersoz and verification by Daniele Palumbo, details the findings of this analysis.

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BBC Verify is using air-traffic-control audio and flight-tracking data to investigate.

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Two pilots were killed in the collision.

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An Air Canada plane collided with a fire truck at LaGuardia airport on 22 March.

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Several passengers and crew were injured.

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Mesut Ersoz 40% Aisha Sembhi 40% Daniele Palumbo 40% Jake Horton 50% BBC Verify 60% New York 70% LaGuardia Airport 85% Air Canada 90% Air Canada plane crash at LaGuardia 95%

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plane crash 90% air canada 80% laguardia airport 70% aviation accident 60% runway collision 60% flight-tracking data 50% air traffic control 50% fire truck 40%

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BBC News - World
Article Type
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LaGuardia Airport

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