An Air Canada plane was wrecked at LaGuardia after it collided with a vehicle while taxiing
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- The front of an Air Canada plane was wrecked after it collided with a vehicle at LaGuardia Airport.
- Photos from the scene showed the plane on the ground, at an angle, its nose severely damaged.
- LaGuardia — one of the three major commercial airports serving New York — has been shut.
An Air Canada aircraft collided with a ground vehicle at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, resulting in major damage to the front of the aircraft.
The Air Canada Express flight, a CRJ-900 aircraft operated by Jazz Aviation, struck a rescue and firefighting vehicle that was responding to a separate incident, a New York City port authority spokesperson told Business Insider in a statement early Monday morning.
Jazz Aviation said in a statement on its website that the plane was carrying 72 passengers and 4 crew members. The statement did not provide information about the number of injuries or casualties.
The flight left Montreal around 10:35 p.m. E.T., and touched down at LaGuardia at 11:37 p.m., per data from flight tracking website Flightradar24.
"The airport is currently closed to facilitate the response and allow for a thorough investigation," the port authority spokesperson said in the statement.
Photos on social media showed an Air Canada plane lying tilted on the ground, with its nose severely damaged.
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An air traffic control recording from LiveATC.net appeared to capture the moments before the collision. In the recording, a controller urgently instructs a vehicle to stop moving. A few minutes later, the controller announces there has been an incident on the airfield.
The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a ground stop notice for all planes at LaGuardia Airport, per a notice by the agency.
In response to a request for comment, the New York City Fire Department spokesperson said the department had responded to a call at 11:38 p.m., about an incident involving a plane and a vehicle on the runway.
LaGuardia is one of the three major commercial airports serving New York. It said in an X post earlier on Sunday that "weather conditions have caused LGA Airport flight disruptions," and advised passengers to "check with your airline to determine the status of your flight."
This is a developing story, check back for updates.