Air Canada pilots Antoine Forest and Mackenzie Gunther died in LaGuardia plane crash
An Air Canada Express plane crash at LaGuardia Airport killed two pilots and injured 41 people. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating, citing issues with radar systems and air traffic control staffing. Survivors and family members shared personal accounts of the incident.
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“The two pilots killed when an Air Canada plane crashed into a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport have been identified as Antoine Forest and Mackenzie Gunther.”
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Wikipedia entries for Air Canada Express Flight 8646 and deaths in 2026 do not mention the specific names of pilots killed in the crash. No direct confirmation of Antoine Forest and Mackenzie Gunther.
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— Air Canada Express Flight 8646 was a regularly scheduled international passenger flight from Montréal–Trudeau International Airport in Quebec, Canada, to LaGuardia Airport in New York, United States. …
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“Local media reported Forest was 30-years-old and from Québec, while Gunther graduated from Seneca Polytechnic in Toronto in 2023.”
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Wikipedia entries for deaths in 2026 and Mount Logan do not provide details about Antoine Forest's age, origin, or Mackenzie Gunther's education. No direct confirmation of graduation dates or locations.
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— Air Canada Express Flight 8646 was a regularly scheduled international passenger flight from Montréal–Trudeau International Airport in Quebec, Canada, to LaGuardia Airport in New York, United States. …
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— Mount Logan is a mountain on the Gaspé Peninsula, in Quebec, Canada. Part of the Chic-Choc Mountains, Mount Logan rises 1,150 metres (3,773 ft) above sea level, making it the highest point in the Bas-…
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“The incident, which happened at 23:40 local time on Sunday (03:40 GMT on Monday), injured 41 people who were taken to hospital and shut down the New York airport until Monday afternoon.”
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“Forest learned to fly bush planes in Saguenay in 2018, the Toronto Star reported. He was hired by Jazz Aviation in December 2022.”
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“Gunther graduated from Seneca, which said flags at the campus would be lowered to half-mast on Tuesday, before he was hired at Jazz.”
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“The flight, operated by Air Canada Express carrier Jazz Aviation, originated in Montreal.”
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“Flight attendant Solange Tremblay from Quebec miraculously survived after being ejected from the plane and was found alive strapped to her seat more than a hundred metres (300ft) from the plane, suffering multiple fractures.”
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“The two officers inside the fire truck that collided with the plane were also taken to hospital with injuries.”
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“An air traffic controller was heard saying: "'Truck One, stop, stop, stop!'" seconds before the crash.”
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“Investigators on Tuesday released details from the final three minutes of cockpit voice recordings and tower communications, including that controllers had cleared both the plane and a fire truck to cross the runway.”
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“National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy said the inquiry was ongoing and would include interviews with the two controllers on duty on Sunday night.”
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“She also noted that a ground radar system that could have provided an alert before the collision failed to do so, and the truck lacked a transponder, that would have helped the radar system detect it.”
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“Calling the US air traffic control system "old" and in need of an upgrade, Homendy urged against assigning blame.”
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“She added that air traffic controllers have long raised concerns about under-staffing, describing the tower as a "high-workload environment" where, when something goes wrong, "many things have gone wrong".”
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“CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story described the pilots and crew as working for Air Canada. They were employees of Jazz Aviation LP. The flight was operated by Jazz, which is an Air Canada Express carrier.”
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