Aviation and Infrastructure

The NTSB is investigating a March 22 runway collision at LaGuardia in which an Air Canada Express CRJ‑900 landing from Montréal struck a Port Authority ARFF truck that was responding to a separate odor incident, killing both the pilot and first officer and injuring roughly 39–41 passengers and crew (and two Port Authority employees); the airport was closed into Monday afternoon while wreckage and recorders were recovered. Preliminary findings show controllers were performing multiple overnight roles with conflicting tower logs, the lead fire truck lacked a transponder, the airport surface‑detection/runway warning systems did not generate an alert, and investigators are reviewing cockpit and tower recordings and procedures.