CHILLING footage has emerged after an Air Canada jet slammed into a fire truck in a deadly runway crash at LaGuardia Airport.
In the video, the plane can be seen moving along the New York airport’s runway moments before it collides with the fire truck.
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A video was released on social media showing the deadly impactCredit: X
The front of the aircraft was damaged and both pilots were killed in the collisionCredit: Avalon.red
The airplane crashed into a fire truck on the runway shortly before midnight on SundayCredit: AFP
The collision happened at LaGuardia Airport in Queens late Sunday night as Air Canada Express Flight 8646 arrived from Montreal.
In a video circulating on social media, the aircraft can be seen driving along the runway while an emergency vehicle with flashing lights crosses its path.
The nose of the aircraft can then be seen ramming into the vehicle as the fire truck appears to tumble over, flipped onto its side.
Dozens of passengers were hurt in the crash, along with the two people inside the Port Authority fire truck.
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Both pilots, who are based out of Canada, were killed, authorities said.
One of the pilots has since been identified as Antoine Forest, who was originally from Coteau-du-Lac, a city in Québec, Canada, according to Journal de Montreal.
FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford said during a press conference on Monday afternoon that both of the pilots were men in the start of their careers.
Forty-one people onboard, including passengers and crew, were rushed to local hospitals. Thirty-two of them have since been released.
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LaGuardia Airport closed after the crash as emergency officials responded to the mangled aircraft left with debris hanging from its nose.
The airport said it reopened at 2pm on Monday as scheduled, with a flight taking off within minutes of reopening.
“As operations resume, travelers should expect residual delays and cancellations. Travelers are strongly encouraged to check with their carrier before departing for the airport.”
US Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy said the airport is working at “reduced capacity” as the aircraft and fire truck are still in the same position on the runway.
Duffy also said that the results of the NTSB investigation could take months or up to a year.
The flight, carrying 72 passengers and four crew members onboard a CRJ-900, was operated by Jazz Aviation, according to the FAA and multiple news reports.
Preliminary information and air traffic control audio indicate the fire truck had been responding to a separate odor emergency involving a United Airlines flight when it crossed the runway and was struck.
Duffy also cleared the air on rumors that there was only one air traffic controller working the tower at the time of the crash, saying those reports were not true.
One of the pilots has been identified as Antoine ForestCredit: Facebook
“It’s incredibly sad. It’s troubling,” Duffy said of the crash. “It’s troubling that we had an aircraft hit a fire truck.”
“I want to let America know we are working our hearts off to make sure when people travel, whether by rail, or car, or by air, that they travel safely.”
“When I was at the crash site it was just a reminder that when you’re traveling by air, you should wear your seatbelt.
“If you see the videos of the air crash, wear your seatbelt when you’re on an airplane also in a car. Wear a seatbelt. As you see from last night, they do save lives.”
Flight attendant hurled from the plane
One of the flight attendants was flung from the aircraft after the crash and was found still secured to her seat.
The crew member, identified as Solange Tremblay, suffered multiple fractures to one of her legs and will need to undergo surgery, her daughter Sarah Lépine told Canadian news station TVA Nouvelles, per CBS42.
Lépine said her mother’s survival was “a total miracle.”
“I’m still trying to understand how all this happened, but she definitely has a guardian angel watching over her.”
Solange Tremblay, one of the flight attendants, was ejected from the aircraft after the crashCredit: Facebook
The Air Canada CRJ-900 was operated by Jazz AviationCredit: Getty
The crash forced LaGuardia Airport to close for several hoursCredit: Getty
Survivors speak out
Joe Capio, 29, and his fiancée Peyton Northrop, 27, were among those passengers who were hospitalized.
“I’d say about 11:40pm, we were landing. It was a very smooth landing,” Capio told The U.S. Sun.
“We hit the ground, started to slow down.
“About 30 to 40 seconds into it. I don’t remember the exact timing, but everyone ended up jerking forward, abruptly. And then there was a loud crash and a bang.
“And then it felt like the plane was just skating down the runway for a good distance, until it came to a complete stop.
“Everyone was really confused and didn’t really know what was going on.
“The front of the plane was just warped sideways.”
Capio was sat in the exit row of the plane and recalled taking the door off.
“We all went on the wing and someone eventually came over and then we slid down the wing and they took us to the grass area on the tarmac,” he told The U.S. Sun.
Joe Capio and his fiancée Peyton Northrop were on the Air Canada flight when it struck a fire truckCredit: Facebook
Rebecca Liquori, another passenger onboard, said the plane hit some turbulence while on its descent.
“Then we landed very roughly… Everyone felt it. It was like the plane jolted and you heard the pilot try to brake trying to prevent the collision,” she told News12 Long Island.
“As you heard the brake, a couple seconds later it was just a very loud boom!
“Everybody just jolted out of their seats. People hit their heads. People were bleeding.”
Liquori said she was happy to be alive, and never would have imagined a flight she’s done countless times “ending like this.”
Liquori called the pilots heroes in an interview with The New York Times.
“They did everything they can to save us and they didn’t save themselves and they couldn’t save themselves,” she said.
“Every time I close my eyes, my heart is racing, I just hear screaming.”
Expert says there was a ‘clear error’
Mary Schiavo, a former inspector general of the Department of Transportation told the New York Post that “Once that aircraft was cleared to land … It owned that runway.”
The aviation expert suggested the crash was avoidable, and was likely due to miscommunication.
“There are two parts here — there’s the control in the tower, also called local control, and there’s ground control. And those two air traffic control entities are supposed to coordinate with each other,” Schiavo said.
“So clearly they either did not coordinate, or they did and were just wrong.
“But giving a fire truck clearance to cross the runway after an aircraft has been cleared to run in this final is a clear error. There’s just no way around that.
“Who gave the final clearance for that fire truck across the runway? It should have been the tower, but clearly … someone made a very critical mistake in allowing a fire truck clearance to cross the runway when an aircraft had been given a landing clearance. That’s my take on it.”
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