Disturbing footage shows the moment an Air Canada Express jet crashes into a fire truck on a runway at LaGuardia Airport in Queens on Sunday night, leaving both pilots on board dead.
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The fire truck was crossing over to another part of the airport to help with a call involving a separate plane when it was struck, according to video captured from inside the airport.
The crash footage shows the Air Canada plane continue down the runway even after it makes impact with the truck, which was t-boned and obliterated.
Miraculously, the passengers and other crew aboard the plane and the two workers in the truck survived.
Moments before the crash, audio caught an air traffic controller desperately pleading with the truck to stop before crossing over.
“Stop, stop, stop, stop!” the controller pleaded. “Truck 1, stop, stop, stop! Stop, Truck 1! Stop!”
The truck was originally given approval to cross the tarmac to check on another plane that was reporting an odor on board.
The problem was the Air Canada plane also was given clearance to land on the runway.
It smashed into the truck, crushing the jet’s nose and scattering metal debris.
The two pilots were remembered by colleagues as aviators dedicated to passenger safety.
The crash ground operations at LaGuardia to a halt into Monday afternoon.
