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'Stop, stop, stop': Listen to LaGuardia control tower audio during collision

BBC News · 🇬🇧 public United Kingdom · · 86 words
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What to know about 'Stop, stop, stop': Listen to LaGuardia control tower audio during collision

An Air Canada plane collided with a firefighting vehicle after landing safely from Montreal, resulting in injuries to 41 passengers, crew, and officers. All but nine injured individuals have since been discharged from hospitals.

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What happened

'Stop, stop, stop': Listen to LaGuardia control tower audio during collision An Air Canada plane carrying 72 passengers and four crew initially landed safely from Montreal on Sunday evening before colliding with a firefighting vehicle.

Why it matters

Air traffic control audio captures the moments leading up to the deadly crash that killed two pilots.

Common ground

Forty-one passengers and crew were taken to the hospital, along with two officers in the ground vehicle.

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An Air Canada plane collided with a firefighting vehicle after landing safely from Montreal, resulting in injuries to 41 passengers, crew, and officers. All but nine injured individuals have since been discharged from hospitals.

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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 5 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The officers remain in stable condition with no life-threatening injuries.”
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No web search or Wikipedia results provide information about the medical condition of the officers involved in the collision.
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Claim 2: “All but nine have since been discharged.”
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No web search or Wikipedia results mention discharge status of patients. The claim lacks any corroborating evidence.
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Claim 3: “Air traffic control audio captures the moments leading up to the deadly crash that killed two pilots.”
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Three web sources independently confirm the crash resulted in the deaths of two pilots, Antoine Forest and Mackenzie Gunther, with details about the collision timeline and casualties.
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web search NEUTRAL — Thetwopilotskilled when an Air Canada planecrashedinto a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport have been identified as Antoine Forest and Mackenzie Gunther.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz67jq0enwpo
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web search NEUTRAL — The Air Canada planecrashat New York City's La Guardia Airportresultedinthedeathsoftwopilotsand left dozens of others injured and requiring hospital treatment.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/air-canada-cockpit-voi…
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web search NEUTRAL — The call came too late.Twopilotswere killed and dozens were injured when an Air Canada Express jet collided with a fire truck as it landed on a runway at LaGuardia Airport in Queens at 11:37 p.m. on S…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/nyregion/air-canada-crash…
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Claim 4: “An Air Canada plane carrying 72 passengers and four crew initially landed safely from Montreal on Sunday evening before colliding with a firefighting vehicle.”
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Multiple independent web sources confirm the Air Canada plane arrived from Montreal with 72 passengers and 4 crew before colliding with a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport. Two distinct web searches independently report the landing and collision sequence.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Air Canada is the flag carrier and the largest airline of Canada, by size and passengers carried. Air Canada is headquartered in the borough of Saint-Laurent in the city of Montreal. The airline, foun…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Canada
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Air Canada Jetz is a Canadian charter airline headquartered in Montreal and a wholly owned subsidiary of Air Canada. Established and starting operations on October 31, 2001, it operates a premium busi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Canada_Jetz
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Montréal–Trudeau International Airport (IATA: YUL, ICAO: CYUL) (French: Aéroport International Montréal-Trudeau) or Montréal–Trudeau, formerly known and still commonly referred to as Montréal–Dorval I…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montréal–Trudeau_International…
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Claim 5: “Forty-one passengers and crew were taken to the hospital, along with two officers in the ground vehicle.”
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All web results for this claim reference unrelated incidents (American Airlines Flight 327, SS Andrea Doria, British Midland Flight 092) with no connection to the Air Canada collision. No evidence directly supports the 41 passengers/crew hospitalized claim.
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web search NEUTRAL — Afterthecrash,thepassengersandcrewwereable to opentwoofthethree exitsontheaircraftandmost of them evacuated.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Airlines_Flight_327
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web search NEUTRAL — While1,660passengersandcrewwererescuedandsurvived, 46 peopleontheship died as a direct consequence ofthecollision.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Andrea_Doria
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web search NEUTRAL — ...theflight that eveningwereeightcrewmembers, including Captain Kevin Hunt (43), a veteran pilot who had beenwiththeairline since 1966,and...
https://confessionsofatrolleydolly.com/2026/01/08/british-mi…
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