Air Canada Pilots Identified After Fatal LaGuardia Collision

The Air Canada jet crashed into a fire truck at New York City’s LaGuardia Airport on March 22.

Officials investigate the site on March 23, 2026, where an Air Canada jet came to rest after colliding with a Port Authority firetruck at LaGuardia Airport, shortly after landing Sunday night in New York. Seth Wenig/AP Photo

The two pilots who died when an Air Canada jet collided with a fire truck at New York City’s LaGuardia Airport on March 22 have been identified as Antoine Forrest and Mackenzie Gunther, both Canadians.

The pair were piloting the plane, with dozens of passengers on board, during Sunday night’s devastating collision on the airport’s runway No. 4.