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NEW YORK \u2014 A runway incident at New York’s LaGuardia Airport involved an Air Canada aircraft and a Port Authority ground vehicle late Sunday evening, officials confirmed.<\/p>

The collision occurred after the commercial flight had touched down at the busy metropolitan airport. Airport authorities reported the incident between the passenger aircraft and the ground support vehicle on the runway.<\/p>

Visual documentation of the accident scene has been compiled by Associated Press photographers showing the aftermath of the collision.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A commercial Air Canada aircraft struck a Port Authority ground vehicle following its arrival at New York’s LaGuardia Airport on Sunday evening. Officials confirmed the runway incident occurred after the plane had completed its landing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":40992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[831],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-us-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/news-1774251359736.jpg?fit=1000%2C666&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-aFb","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":41016,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/fatal-collision-at-laguardia-airport-forces-closure-after-jet-hits-fire-truck\/","url_meta":{"origin":40993,"position":0},"title":"Fatal Collision at LaGuardia Airport Forces Closure After Jet Hits Fire Truck","author":"Admin","date":"March 23, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"A deadly crash occurred at New York's LaGuardia Airport when an Air Canada regional aircraft struck a firefighting vehicle on the runway following landing. 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