A plane landing at LaGuardia Airport collided with an emergency vehicle on the runway, killing the pilot and the co-pilot and badly injuring two Port Authority police officers, according to sources.
The collision occurred after 11:30 p.m. Sunday at the Queens airport, FDNY officials said. An Air Canada plane was nearing the end of its landing procedure when it collided with a Port Authority firetruck manned by police officers that was on the runway, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
The pilot and co-pilot of the plane died in the collision, two sources briefed on the matter told NBC New York.
