Chicago – March 23, 2026
An Air Canada plane was damaged after colliding with a vehicle on a runway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport Monday, according to video from the scene and air traffic control audio.
The Federal Aviation Administration issued a ground stop at LaGuardia Airport in New York due to an “aircraft emergency.”
The New York City Fire Department said it responded to a reported incident involving a plane and vehicle on the airport’s runway at around 11:38 p.m.
The plane was Air Canada flight 8646, operated by regional carrier Jazz, according to the flight tracking site FlightRadar24. The CRJ-900 aircraft, currently manufactured by Mitsubishi, seats about 76 passengers.
The flight took off from Montreal Trudeau International Airport shortly after 10:30 p.m. ET and landed at LaGuardia about one hour later, according to FlightRadar24.
