LaGuardia Airport crash timeline
AP News • • business
Key Points:
- Air Canada Express Flight 8646, delayed over two hours, was landing at LaGuardia Airport amid a congested runway situation involving other delayed flights and an ongoing emergency on United Flight 2384 due to an odor issue.
- While Flight 8646 was cleared to land on Runway 4/22, a fire truck was simultaneously authorized to cross the same runway to assist United Flight 2384, leading to a critical miscommunication.
- Despite last-minute warnings to stop the fire truck, Flight 8646 collided with the vehicle moments after touchdown, resulting in a deadly crash captured by the plane’s cockpit voice recorder.
- Emergency responders immediately arrived at the scene, and air traffic controllers acknowledged the error, expressing regret over the handling of the situation during the chaotic sequence of events.
