LaGuardia Airport plane crash press conference gives updates on Air Canada collision with fire truck

From USA TODAY.

Two pilots are dead, dozens of people are injured and New York’s LaGuardia Airport was closed Monday morning after an Air Canada Express jet collided with a fire truck on a runway late on Sunday, officials said. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul spoke at a press conference to provide updates on the reopening of LaGuardia and the status of the crash investigation.

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