Reuters. An Air Canada Express regional jet collided with a ground vehicle upon landing at New York's LaGuardia airport late on Sunday (March 22), according to flight tracking website Flightradar24, in an incident that closed the airport.
The CRJ-900 plane, which was coming from Montreal, struck the vehicle at a speed of about 24 miles per hour (39 kph), said Flightradar24, which last recorded data at 11:37 p.m. ET (0337 GMT, Monday).
Photos taken by Reuters after the incident showed visible damage to the nose of the plane, which was tilted upwards.
NBC News reported that four people were injured in the incident, which involved a fire truck manned by police officers, citing sources. The report said the pilot and copilot of the aircraft were badly injured, while a sergeant and an officer had broken limbs and were in stable condition at a hospital.
