LaGuardia Airport has experienced two tragedies exactly 34 years apart

NY Post ^ | 03/23/2026 | David Propper

[DFG]

LaGuardia Airport has now experienced two deadly tragedies exactly 34 years apart.

A passenger plane was involved in a deadly smash-up at the Queens airport Sunday — the same date in 1992 that a jet crashed, killing 27 souls, as it attempted to take off from travel hub in a snowstorm.

On March 22, 1992, Cleveland-bound USAir Flt. 405 tumbled off the runway and spiraled into Flushing Bay, killing more than two dozen of the 51 people on board, including the pilot, the New York Times reported at the time.

“Every night, I close my eyes, and I keep seeing and hearing the people screaming,” survivor Robert Main Jr., an executive with Lenscrafters, told the newspaper.

“And I keep feeling the heat of the fire. I’ve washed my hair a thousand times, and it still smells of jet fuel.”

LaGuardia faced another tragedy late Sunday when an Air Canada jet collided with a fire truck while landing, killing the pilot and co-pilot while injuring scores of passengers and two cops.

Both Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Port Authority Executive Director Kathryn Garcia appeared to reference the earlier crash when addressing the latest tragedy.

“I know that this crash has shaken New Yorkers across the five boroughs, whether they are traveling today or simply watching from home, especially since it’s the first fatal crash at LaGuardia in more than 30 years,” said Mamdani at a Monday afternoon press conference.

Flt. 405’s route in 1992 began in Jacksonville and arrived in the Big Apple as part of a layover at LGA. But thanks to accumulating ice on the plane’s wings, it never made it to its final destination and plunged into the water.

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KEYWORDS: flight405; laguardia; robertmain; usair

[janetjanet998]

Video Footage of the Air Canada plane colliding with a fire truck at LaGuardia
https://rumble.com/shorts/v77im38

[rellic]

That hurt!
ATC gave permission to the fire guys to use that route.
They then tried to stop it.
Problem is DEI.
I had to have a skill set to be hired as an engineer.
My race, sex, or disability should have nothing to do with
that employment decision.

When it comes to government and government related contracts, Race, sex and disability are considered
way before the skill set that person brings
to the job.

[Angelino97]

[Justa]

Well, it appears to prove racist, sexist DEI hiring policies maim and kill. Like that faggot EUR who dove a EUR A320 into the ground due to feelings

[kawhill]

“LaGuardia Airport has experienced two tragedies exactly 34 years apart”. Never flew into there, but The primary international airport in New Jersey is Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), located between Newark and Elizabeth. Been there a bunch.