Photos reveal scope of Air Canada crash devastation and chaos

Images from New York’s LaGuardia Airport where an Air Canada jet hit a fire truck on the runway reveal a scene of devastation on the ground and chaos in the terminal.

The crash happened late Sunday night, and the first images to come from the crash site are bathed in the light of runway floodlights and emergency vehicles, which quickly clustered around the crash site.

The plane, a CRJ-900, can be seen resting at extreme angle, with the back of the tail touching the ground and the nose several metres in the air.