Air Canada Pilots Who Died in Collision with Firetruck at LaGuardia Airport Identified

The two Air Canada pilots who were killed in the collision with the firetruck on the tarmac at New York’s LaGuardia Airport have been identified.

According to CBC, the pilots who died in the crash were identified as pilot Antoine Forest from Coteau-du-Lac, Quebec, and co-pilot MacKenzie Gunther.

The deceased pilots were described as “two young men at the start of their careers.”

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chair Jennifer Homendy said investigators recovered the cockpit recording.