Air Canada Express jet hits ground vehicle, closing New York's LaGuardia airport
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/air-canada-express-plane-hits-ground-vehicle-new-yorks-la-guardia-airport-2026-03-23/
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Shadow@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 167d
kevinsbacon@lemmy.today · 9 pts · 167d
Ah I see the problem, the front fell off.
caurvo@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 166d
Is that typical?
albbi@piefed.ca · 7 pts · 167d
Oh, that's a heck of a hit.
mlg@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 167d
I thought this was gonna be some classic NYC crud after a wing struck like maybe the radio antenna but nah it's actually a hard collision lol.Pilots did not survive :/
blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 166d
Typical, idiot pigs driving on an active runway
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 166d
Read the articles, air traffic controller fucked up and told them the runway was clear, they were responding to report of fire on another plane.
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 166d
Why is police driving a fire truck anyway? (And that's without even asking what the fuck they were doing on a runway)
frongt@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 166d
They were responding to a call.
whats_a_lemmy@midwest.social · -2 pts · 166d
Don't they have police cars for that sort of thing?
Seaguy05@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 166d
What with lights and sirens being the difference? The call was for odor on a plane so imo makes sense to send the fire truck that probably can handle a more diverse set of scenarios.
youcantreadthis@quokk.au · -1 pts · 166d
Based pilot, making the world a better place.
Three cheers for this hero!
blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 166d
The pilot and co pilot died though
youcantreadthis@quokk.au · 1 pts · 166d
Oh. Well thats not ideal. Still; they did a good thing while they died.
Jhex@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 166d
Not looking to assign blame, just trying to understand what happened...
I get how a pilot in a plane has little visibility and even less maneuverability on the ground, but how does the driver in the firetruck not see or avoid a jet?
Seaguy05@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 166d
Trust in the person who has eyes on everything. It's unfortunate they were the only atc working.
More nuanced answer is probably something along the lines of compliance and blind trust in what the atc says but no validation on their part. Focus on getting to their call instead of looking both ways. Also I have no idea what an airplane looks like coming down the runway at night with all the other lights. Also also poor estimation of speed of an object coming right at you. That last ones the same issue people have with trains when they try to beat the train over the tracks.
I can only make an educated guess why there was only one atc at that time but I'm sure it'll turn political soon if it hasn't already.
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 167d
How do I @everyone subbed to fuckCars?
renzhexiangjiao@piefed.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 167d
simply crosspost it there, but why c/fuckcars?
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 167d
Because a car hit a plane.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 166d
Fire truck. This would not happen if airport firefighters used bicycles.
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 166d
youcantreadthis@quokk.au · 0 pts · 166d
But a bunch of cops got injured so this was a rare case of both planes and cars being good.