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Deadly Year for Aviation: Multiple Crashes Claim Lives
3/23/2026
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Story summary
- On March 23, 2026, an Air Canada regional jet collided with a fire truck while landing at LaGuardia Airport, killing the pilot and co-pilot.
- In June, an Air India flight crashed in India, killing 261 people.
- A UPS cargo plane crashed in Kentucky in November, killing seven.
- A South Korean flight killed 179 people.
- The downing of a Ukrainian Airlines flight by Iran's military killed 176 people.
