Firetruck at New York City's LaGuardia Airport cleared to cross runway seconds before fatal crash

Name: Firetruck at New York City's LaGuardia Airport cleared to cross runway seconds before fatal crash
Uploaded: 2026-03-25T06:55:00-0400
Duration: 1 min 11 s
Description: Air traffic controllers at New York City’s LaGuardia Airport cleared a firetruck to cross a runway just 12 seconds before an Air Canada plane landed. That, officials said, left very little time to avoid a collision that ultimately led to the deaths of two pilots on Sunday night.

Air traffic controllers at New York City’s LaGuardia Airport cleared a firetruck to cross a runway just 12 seconds before an Air Canada plane landed. That, officials said, left very little time to avoid a collision that ultimately led to the deaths of two pilots on Sunday night.