4 firefighters critically injured as Air Canada flight, firetruck collide at LaGuardia – sources | 23 March 2026 | An Air Canada flight arriving at LaGuardia Airport crashed into a firetruck on Sunday night — leaving four firefighters critically injured, according to sources. Emergency vehicles swarmed Runway 4 at the Queens airport after a regional jet heading from Montreal hit the fire truck just before 11:40 p.m., according to the FDNY and footage captured by the Citizen App. Images showed the front of the commuter plane smashed and tilting in the air. The injured firefighters are from the Port Authority Police Department, sources said. One hundred passengers were on the jet — a Bombardier CRJ-900 — and their conditions are being evaluated.