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An Air Canada Express passenger jet slammed into a fire truck while landing at LaGuardia Airport in New York, turning what should have been a routine arrival into a deadly and chaotic incident within seconds.   On the night of March 22, 2026, just before midnight, Flight 8646 was approaching LaGuardia after a short journey from Montreal. On board were 72 passengers and 4 crew members, most of them expecting a normal landing after an uneventful flight. As the Bombardier CRJ-900 descended toward Runway 4, the airport was operating under typical nighttime conditions, though reports indicate the runway was wet and visibility may not have been ideal.   At nearly the same moment, a Port Authority fire truck was moving across the same runway. It had reportedly been cleared to cross by air traffic control while responding to another situation elsewhere at the airport. What followed next unfolded in just a few terrifying seconds.   Air traffic control recordings later ...