Plane Crash at LaGuardia Airport Kills 2 Pilots, Injures Dozens
From Headlines From The Times by LA Times Studios
March 24, 2026 · 6 min
About this episode
A plane crash at LaGuardia Airport resulted in the deaths of two pilots and injuries to dozens, amid growing concerns over air travel due to a government shutdown.
At New York City's LaGuardia Airport, two pilots were killed and dozens more injured after an Air Canada plane crashed into a Port Authority fire truck. The Federal Aviation Administration closed LaGuardia until the late afternoon on Monday. The fatal collision comes as anxiety surrounding air travel is already growing due to the ongoing partial government shutdown, which has led to hourslong security lines at some airports tied to a nationwide shortage of TSA agents. Meanwhile, President Trump calmed some market uncertainty brought on by the war in Iran, which is entering its fourth week, announcing a five-day moratorium on U.S. attacks of Iranian energy sites; this caused oil prices to come down, with the Dow Jones, S&P 500, and Nasdaq all ticking up. In business, California lawmakers are debating a bipartisan bill that would prohibit children under 16 from maintaining social media accounts, and Uber is partnering with Rivian to deploy up to 50,000 autonomous R2 robotaxis across North America and Europe by 2031. Read more at https://LATimes.com.
Topics covered
- plane crash
- air travel
- government shutdown
- social media
- autonomous vehicles
Keywords
- LaGuardia Airport
- plane crash
- Air Canada
- government shutdown
- President Trump
- Uber
- Rivian
- social media
- TSA agents
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Air Canada, Federal Aviation Administration, Uber, Rivian
Places: LaGuardia Airport, New York City
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