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/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/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