BREAKING: 2 Dead, Dozens Injured, LaGuardia Shut Down after Plane-Truck Collision
Amy & T.J.
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🗓️ 23 March 2026
⏱️ 17 minutes
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New York City’s LaGuardia Airport has been shut down until further notice. Just before midnight last night an Air Canada flight arriving from Montreal collided with an emergency vehicle on the tarmac. Officials say both the pilot and the co-pilot of the plane were killed in the crash and two Port Authority police officers along with 41 passengers suffered injuries. ”
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:14.0 | Hey there, folks. |
| 0:14.9 | It is Monday, March 23rd, and one of the busiest airports in the nation is closed right now. And we don't know when |
| 0:24.2 | it's going to reopen after an incident in which a plane collided with a fire truck on the runway |
| 0:31.9 | and at least two people are dead. With that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J. Robs. |
| 0:37.4 | They tell us, LaGuardia is going to |
| 0:39.3 | open at 2 o'clock today at the earliest, but we don't know for sure. And folks, this is going to |
| 0:45.2 | cause some chaos. This is a breaking new situation and episode. We're recording a little earlier |
| 0:49.9 | Robes because this is kind of incredible to see the pictures, but at least two people are dead |
| 0:55.2 | after a late night incident. Yes, and we just watched the latest press conference from the Port |
| 1:00.9 | Authority there at LaGuardia to get the latest information, but the scene is surreal to see |
| 1:06.2 | basically the front end of this Air Canada plane completely smashed in. |
| 1:13.6 | There was an explosion, it looks like, in this collision between the plane and the fire truck. |
| 1:20.4 | And yes, the two people confirmed dead we heard now are the two pilots who were piloting that plane. |
| 1:26.2 | It had just landed. |
| 1:29.0 | It had taken off from Montreal, |
| 1:34.3 | landing at LaGuardia just before midnight, and now, yes, two people are dead. |
| 1:38.9 | Trying to figure out here exactly what happened. The investigation, of course, is underway, |
| 1:43.5 | but rogues. And again, you all are going to see the pictures, but it's kind of incredible and kind of confusing to figure out how the plane ended up in the position that it was in. Also, pilot, co-pilot killed, but the two who are in the emergency vehicle on the ground, we're told I do not have life-threatening injuries, even though they went to the hospital. What's the number again? How many actually did go to the hospital? |
| 1:59.9 | 43 people went to the hospital. Yeah, 41 passengers and crew from the plane went to the hospital. What's the number again? How many actually did go to the hospital? Forty-three people |
| 2:00.9 | went to the hospital. Yeah, 41 passengers and crew from the plane went to the hospital. And then |
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