Jazz CRJ-900 Collides with Fire Truck on Runway at New York La Guardia Airport
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Summary
A Jazz Canadair CRJ-900 aircraft performing flight AC-8646 from Montreal to New York La Guardia collided with a fire truck on runway 04 during landing rollout. The incident occurred at 23:36L on March 22nd, 2026, when the fire truck was crossing the runway to respond to another emergency involving a United aircraft that had declared an emergency due to an odor on board. Despite air traffic control shouting "Stop! Stop! #1 Stop! Fire #1 Stop!", the collision could not be avoided. The aircraft carried 72 passengers and 4 crew members.
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Another incident, an approaching United aircraft having declared emergency due to an odour on board, required the attention of emergency services, fire truck #1 requested to cross runway 04 at taxiway D and was cleared to cross.
A few seconds later tower shouted 'Stop! Stop! #1 Stop! Fire #1 Stop!', but could not avoid the collision between the CRJ9 rolling out and the fire truck at 23:36L (03:36Z Mar 23).
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