RUNWAY INFERNO: ‘Hero’ Air Canada Pilots Identified After Both Killed in Nightmarish Plane–Fire Truck Collision at LaGuardia

BOTH of the pilots killed in the deadly crash between an Air Canada plane and a fire truck at New York’s LaGuardia Airport have been identified.

Sunday night’s crash killed the pilot and co-pilot and injured dozens of people.

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Man in a cockpit with a headset, smiling and holding a control stick.
One of the pilots killed in the Air Canada crash at LaGuardia Airport has been identifiedCredit: Facebook
Antoine Forest, a pilot who died in a plane crash, standing in a snowy field wearing a red jacket and black hat, holding kiteboarding gear.
The pilot, Antoine Forest, was from Québec, CanadaCredit: Facebook
Emergency vehicles with flashing blue lights parked near an Air Canada Express jet that collided with a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport.
An Air Canada plane collided with a fire truck on the runway on Sunday nightCredit: Reuters
An Air Canada Express plane after colliding with a Port Authority fire truck.
The collision left dozens injured, including two people in the fire truckCredit: Getty

Just before midnight on Sunday, an Air Canada Express plane collided with a Port Authority fire truck, causing the major New York City hub to shut down for several hours.

One of the pilots was identified as Antoine Forest, from Coteau-du-Lac, Québec, outside Montreal, according to Journal de Montreal.

Mackenzie Gunther has been identified as the second pilot.

Forest’s LinkedIn profile showed he had been a first officer with Jazz Aviation for just over three years.

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FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford said on Monday afternoon that both of the pilots were men at the start of their careers.

The name of the other pilot had not been revealed as of late Monday afternoon.

The two pilots were killed on impact.

Speaking to The U.S. Sun, passenger Joe Capio praised the pilots for avoiding an even worse crash.

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