{"id":29603,"date":"2026-03-23T08:35:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T06:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=29603"},"modified":"2026-03-23T08:35:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T06:35:48","slug":"air-canada-express-jet-hits-ground-vehicle-closing-new-yorks-laguardia-airport","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/air-canada-express-jet-hits-ground-vehicle-closing-new-yorks-laguardia-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Canada Express jet hits ground vehicle, closing New York&#8217;s LaGuardia airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The CRJ-900 plane, which was coming from Montreal, struck the vehicle at a speed of about 24 miles per hour (39 kph), Flightradar24 said. The jet was operated by Jazz Aviation, AirCanada&#8217;s regional partner.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued aground stop for all planes at the airport, according to a notice from the regulator. The FAA notice showed that the reason for the halt at the airport was an emergency and there was a high probability of an extension, without specifying any details. LaGuardia&#8217;s website showed arriving planes had been diverted to other airports or \u00a0returned to their point of origin. In a separate notice to airmen, the FAA said that the airport could be shut.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Unverified footage on social media showed damage to the nose of the plane, as it tilted upward.\u00a0<i>Reuters\u00a0<\/i>could not immediately verify the footage. The New York Fire Department in a statement said that it was responding to a reported incident involving a plane and a vehicle on the runway at LaGuardia airport, but did not provide further details. Air Canada and the FAA did not immediately respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/sabc-plus.com\/. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/zaf01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsabc-plus.com%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CDlaminiSD%40sabc.co.za%7C9161afa4b8a74c024dde08de88a5aaf2%7C17694f0c19394195913e8542ec6bea22%7C0%7C0%7C639098442281395092%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=UsBjNViATl02krHm8%2FxFzecG8I7FwPYpoWZIkYSw4C0%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"x__x0000_i1025\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBTAA7\" border=\"0\" data-imageproxyendpoint=\"\/actions\/ei\" data-imagetype=\"External\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":23252,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-29603","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"An Air Canada Express regional jet collided with a ground vehicle upon landing at New York's LaGuardia airport on Sunday evening, according to flight tracking website Flightradar24, in an incident that closed the airport","published_date":"2026-03-23 00:00:00","news_description":"An Air Canada Express regional jet collided with a ground vehicle upon landing at New York's LaGuardia airport on Sunday evening, according to flight tracking website Flightradar24, in an incident that closed the airport","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/29603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/29603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29604,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/29603\/revisions\/29604"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=29603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}