The two Canadian pilots who died in Sunday’s runway collision at LaGuardia Airport in New York were young, ambitious men at the start of their careers who each had pursued their yearslong dream of flying. Capt. Antoine Forrest and First Officer Mackenzie Gunther were operating the Air Canada jet that was landing at New York’s … Read more
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The agency is looking into several problems that could have played into the deadly collision. Source link
Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, provided new information and took questions Tuesday about Sunday night’s collision between an Air Canada Express flight and a fire-rescue truck at New York City’s LaGuardia Airport. Source link
The collision on a LaGuardia Airport runway highlights the pressures that air traffic controllers face on the job. Todd Yeary, a former certified air traffic controller, joins CBS News to explain. Source link
Forest’s hometown, the small city of Coteau-du-Lac in southwestern Quebec, paid tribute to the pilot and offered condolences to his family, according to Canadian broadcaster TVA Nouvelles. Seneca Polytechnic in Toronto confirmed that former student Gunther, who was the flight’s first officer, died in the crash. The college said he graduated with a degree in … Read more
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Video footage, air-traffic control recordings and flight-tracking data show how events unfolded on the ground. Source link
NEW YORK — A jet landing at New York City’s LaGuardia Airport collided with a fire truck on the runway, killing the pilot and copilot and injuring several others. Here’s what you need to know: The crash occurred around 11:45 p.m. on Sunday when an Air Canada regional jet arriving from Montreal struck an airport … Read more