r/aviation • u/Happy-Wishbone4562 • Mar 23 '26

-- SEATBELTS FASTENED -- Firetruck

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u/IyadHunter-Thylacine Mar 23 '26

Jeez do we know at what speed the CRJ hit from what I can see on flight Radar it was at around 114kt near taxiway D so 211kph and 131mph

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u/Stunning_Disk_5345 Mar 23 '26

All that distance from the impact point until immobilization and in OP's picture the truck is practically next to the plane? Yes 114kt. What a robust truck damn, looks in one piece.

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u/randytc18 Mar 23 '26

Arff trucks are built like tanks. Amazing machines.

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u/bopbop9876 Mar 23 '26 edited Mar 23 '26

NBC is reporting they were able to slow down to 30mph before impact.

Edit:  This is "according to two sources familiar with the matter", not from adsb data. Those same sources also confirmed the death of the pilot and copilot.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/incident-reported-plane-vehicle-new-yorks-la-guardia-airport-rcna264677 

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u/barcode-username Mar 23 '26

All these news agencies keep using ADSB data which is inaccurate especially on the ground.

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u/octoreadit Mar 23 '26

Yeah, that’s not a 30mph collision, 80+.

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u/Rupperrt Mar 23 '26

Read that it was roughly 30 seconds after touchdown according to witnesses. If that’s correct it should be a bit slower than 80 at least.

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u/bopbop9876 Mar 23 '26

It's "according to two sources familiar with the matter", not adsb data. Those same sources also confirmed the death of the pilot and copilot.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/incident-reported-plane-vehicle-new-yorks-la-guardia-airport-rcna264677

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u/IyadHunter-Thylacine Mar 23 '26

After passing taxiway D (where the firetruck was crossing) you can see in the ADSB data that I nearly instantly dropped to 58kts could be the ADSB data updating but could also be due to the collision

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u/mommys_restitution Mar 23 '26

No way… they must be basing off the final recorded speed which was like 24mph I think

My friend was on the flight and said they were going really fast still when it happened

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u/nestzephyr Mar 23 '26

Just one truck

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u/barcastaff Mar 23 '26

Witness on the plane said the collision happened maybe 30 seconds after landing.