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“The pilot and co-pilot of an Air Canada Express regional jet have been killed after it collided with a fire truck while landing…

collision also caused serious injuries, with nine people in the hospital. It happened as a firefighting vehicle was responding to a separate incident…

In the moments before the crash, an air traffic controller could be heard on a radio transmission giving clearance to a vehicle to cross part of the runway, then trying to stop it.”

#Canada

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/23/air-canada-plane-collides-with-ground-vehicle-at-new-yorks-laguardia-airport-halting-all-flights

in reply to Francisca Sinn

Related: Trump decides to make air travel to the US even less safe:

https://mastodon.social/@SeanCasten/116278653778276161


An administration that put Wright in charge of Energy and Gabbard in charge of Intelligence and Hegseth in charge of Defense also thinks it's a good idea to put unqualified people in place at TSA. https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-administration-scrambles-to-deploy-ice-agents-at-airports-as-lines-mount-2a138b2c