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- A convoy hit Air Canada Express Flight 8646 at LaGuardia on March 22, killing Antoine Forest and Mackenzie Gunther.
- A controller shouted “stop, stop, stop,” warning the fire-truck crew seconds before landing.
- The NTSB found runway lights stayed on until seconds before impact.
- The fire truck’s missing transponder kept Airport Surface Detection Equipment, Model X (ASDE-X) from registering it.
- Forty people, including two firefighters, were hospitalized, marking LaGuardia’s fatal crash in 34 years.
