ALBAWABA - An Air Canada plane crashed with a firetruck at LaGuardia Airport in New York, killing the pilot and copilot and injuring two others, a law enforcement official told CNN.
Earlier reports said that four people were injured after the collision between an Air Canada plane and a firetruck on a runway at New York's LaGuardia Airport, ABC News reported.
According to the American authorities, operations at LaGuardia Airport were suspended early Monday after a plane and a vehicle collided on a runway late Sunday night.
A video was shared online showing the plane damaged from the front after the accident, with rescue workers responding after the collision at LaGuardia Airport.
A spokesperson for the New York City Fire Department revealed firefighters rushed to the scene after reports of a plane that crashed into a vehicle on the runway at 11:38 p.m. Additional information was not immediately available.
The plane, a CRJ-900 operated by Jazz Aviation, Air Canada's regional partner, left from Montreal, according to the flight tracking platform FlightRadar24.
It "was rolling down the runway when it struck" with the truck as it crossed its path, FlightRadar24 added.
