LaGuardia Controller: “I Messed Up” After Runway Crash Kills Two Air Canada Pilots

An Air Canada Express CRJ-900 arriving from Montreal hit a fire truck that was crossing Runway 4 at LaGuardia shortly after landing around 11:45 p.m. on Sunday, causing severe damage to the aircraft’s nose and cockpit. The captain and first officer were killed, multiple passengers and first responders were injured, and controller audio captured the tower urgently trying to stop the truck before impact.