March 24, 2026 / 8:52 PM EDT / CBS/AP

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The two Canadian pilots who died in Sunday's runway collision at LaGuardia Airport in New York were young, ambitious men at the start of their careers who each had pursued their yearslong dream of flying.

Capt. Antoine Forest and First Officer Mackenzie Gunther were operating the Air Canada jet that was landing at New York's LaGuardia Airport when it collided with a fire truck, officials announced on Tuesday.

According to Air Canada, 39 of the passengers and crew members were injured when the arriving Air Canada Express plane collided with an emergency vehicle on a runway just before midnight Sunday. There were 72 passengers and a crew of four on board, arriving from Montreal.

"These were two young men at the start of their careers," FAA Administrator Brian Bedford told reporters Monday.…