2 pilots killed after jet collides with fire truck at New York Airport

An Air Canada jet carrying more than 70 passengers collided with a fire truck while landing at New York's LaGuardia Airport in the US late Sunday, killing the pilot and copilot and injuring several others, officials said. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said LaGuardia is "well-staffed" but still faces a shortage of air traffic controllers. He said there are currently 33 certified controllers but the goal is to have 37. More than one controller was on duty at the time of the accident, he said. "I can't give specifics on what went wrong," Duffy said, deferring to the National Transportation Safety Board, which is leading the investigation. Canada also sent a team of investigators. The impact of the collision severed the cockpit, and hurled a flight attendant - still secured to her seat - far from the site of the crash, her daughter told a Canadian TV station. The flight attendant survived. The fire truck was crossing the tarmac just before midnight after being given permission to

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