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Chilling air traffic control audio is shedding new light on the frantic final moments before a deadly runway collision at LaGuardia Airport left two crew members dead and multiple people injured.
The crash, which occurred Sunday, involved an Air Canada regional jet operated by Jazz Aviation and an airport firefighting vehicle responding to a separate onboard emergency.
According to LiveATC recordings, controllers scrambled to prevent disaster as the situation rapidly deteriorated.
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“Stop, stop, stop, stop,” a controller can be heard shouting. “Truck 1, stop, stop, stop. Stop, Truck 1. Stop.”
ATC audio captures moment Air Canada Express flight AC8646 collided with the truck. pic.twitter.com/WsoAUT4P4j
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Moments later, the controller radioed the aircraft.
“Jazz 646, I see you collided with the vehicle. Just hold position. I know you can’t move. Vehicles are responding to you now.”
Officials say the aircraft — a CRJ-900 carrying 72 passengers and four crew members — had just landed after departing Montreal when it struck the truck, which had been cleared to cross Runway 4.
The impact killed the pilot and co-pilot, according to law enforcement sources cited by the New York Post.
At least 11 passengers and two first responders were transported to local hospitals with injuries, officials told ABC News.
The firefighting vehicle had been responding to a separate incident involving another aircraft, where crew members reported a strange odor in the cabin that made flight attendants feel ill.
Air traffic control audio also captured the emotional aftermath, as a visibly shaken controller spoke with another flight crew.
“We got stuff in progress for that, man, that wasn’t good to watch,” a Frontier pilot said.
“Yeah, I tried to reach out to ‘em … And we were dealing with an emergency, and I messed up,” the controller replied.
The Frontier crew responded: “No, you did the best you could.”
A fatal collision on an active U.S. runway is extremely rare — and raises immediate questions about air traffic control coordination.
Early evidence suggests multiple moving parts — a landing aircraft, a runway crossing vehicle, and a separate onboard emergency.
The controller’s admission — “I messed up” — could become a central focus of the investigation, though it is not a formal finding of fault.
The incident puts renewed scrutiny on runway safety protocols at major U.S. airports.
Authorities have not yet released an official cause of the crash, and investigations are expected to focus on runway clearance procedures, communication breakdowns, and the sequencing of emergency response vehicles.
The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are expected to lead the probe.
More over at The New York Post
Air Canada flight attendant on LaGuardia plane was strapped to jumpseat and ejected during deadly crash https://t.co/LEAYvVNns0 pic.twitter.com/C8bG2ybHU6
— New York Post (@nypost) March 23, 2026
