At approximately 1140 last night, Air Canada Flight 8646, operated by Jazz, collided with the Port Authority

Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting vehicle on runway 4. The plane carried 72 passengers and four crew. Sadly, the two pilots are confirmed

deceased and notifications are being made by Air Canada's care team at this time.

The executive director of New York City Port Authority with that update just about an hour ago

that at least two are dead after a passenger plane collided with a fire truck on a runway at

New York's LaGuardia Airport. Police say the aircraft, a jazz aviation flight operating on

behalf of Air Canada, departed from Montreal, Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport with

72 passengers and four crew members on board. The plane struck a Port Authority fire truck

around 1145 p.m. last night while finishing its landing sequence. Both pilots were killed

when the aircraft's nose was crushed on impact. Multiple

passengers and crew were taken to hospitals, some with serious injuries. The airport

remains closed with no flights in or out of LaGuardia until at least 2 p.m. this afternoon as

the NTSB leads the investigation.

Officials say the truck had been cleared by air traffic control to cross the runway

while responding to a separate issue involving a United Airlines flight.

We've already tired requesting to cross 4 at Delta.

Truck one and company cross 4 at Delta.

Truck one and company crossing 4 at Delta.

Frontier 41.95 to stop there, please.

Stop, stop, stop, stop, truck on, stop, stop, stop, truck one, stop.

Stop, truck one, stop. No, 2,603, go around, runway heading, stop. Stop, truck one. Stop. Stop truck one. Stop.

No, 2,000. Go around. Romney heading 2000.

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