LaGuardia plane crash latest: Surviving passengers call pilots ‘heroes’ as new details emerge on fatal collisionnewsline24

Seneca Polytechnic has confirmed that alumnus Mackenzie Gunther was the first officer on the Air Canada Express flight from Montreal that crashed at LaGuardia Airport.

A 2023 graduate of the school’s aviation program, Gunther joined Jazz Aviation immediately after his studies. Seneca released a statement sharing their condolences with his family and friends, noting that flags at all campuses will fly at half-mast today, March 24, in his honor.

Jack Cabot, who was on the Air Canada flight involved in Sunday night’s incident, has been describing his experiences of what happened to Fox News.

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Relatives of Antoine Forest, 30, have confirmed that the Coteau-du-Lac, Quebec, native was one of the two pilots who died in Sunday’s crash.

Family members spoke with The Toronto Star Monday to identify Forest, who lived in the small town located about 25 miles southwest of Montreal.

Forest’s great-aunt, Jeannette Gagnier – whom he considered a grandmother – told the Star that he had been flying since he was 16 years old.

“He was always taking courses and flying,” Gagnier said, recalling how he first learned to pilot bush planes as a teenager. “He never stopped.”

Jasmine Fernandez reports.

If you are joining us for the first time, two pilots were killed and dozens of passengers injured when an Air Canada Express flight from Montreal landing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport Sunday night collided with a fire truck on an active runway.

Here’s a complete account of how the disaster unfolded from Shweta Sharma, Paul Farrell, and Jasmine Fernandez.

Rebecca Liquori described her experience of the ordeal to CNN last night, saying the Air Canada smash began qith a “huge boom” that jolted passengers from their seats.

“I’m just grateful to be alive,” she said. “I’m grateful that I was able to go home and kiss my sons, be able to hug them, because when I was on the plane, I didn’t think that I was ever going to get that opportunity again.”

Speaking of Duffy, here he is alongside New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani at LaGuardia Monday, the trio joining forces to express their thanks to the emergency responders and attempt to get to the bottom of the communication breakdown that led to the disaster.