Mangled plane in LaGuardia crash is towed from runway as most injured passengers leave hospital

Associated Press (AP) Human InterestNews ReportEN 5 min read 100% complete by By TED SHAFFREY and JAKE OFFENHARTZMarch 25, 2026 at 11:53 PM

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Following Sunday's deadly collision between an Air Canada plane and a Port Authority fire truck at LaGuardia Airport in New York, crews removed the wreckage from the runway on Wednesday, March 25, 2026. Most of the injured passengers have been released from the hospital. The incident involved an Air Canada Express jet. The collision resulted in at least one fatality, Air Canada Jazz pilot Antoine Forest. A memorial was created in Montreal to honor the pilot. The cause of the collision is still under investigation.

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Air Canada Jazz pilot Antoine Forest perished in the collision.

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The collision occurred Sunday night at LaGuardia Airport, in New York.

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The collision involved an Air Canada plane and a fire truck.

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Wreckage of the plane involved in Sunday’s collision was towed off LaGuardia’s runway Wednesday.

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Ted Shaffrey 30% Christinne Muschi ×230% Jean-Francois Lamarche 30% Yuki Iwamura ×330% Vanessa A. Alvarez 30% Montreal ×240% Antoine Forest ×250% Port Authority ×360% New York ×470% Air Canada ×480% LaGuardia Airport ×690%

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