An Air Canada regional jet struck a firetruck on the runway after landing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport on Sunday, killing the pilot and the co-pilot. The impact was so severe that the nose of the plane was also left crushed.Meanwhile, the air traffic controller’s frantic warning has gone viral on social media. Just seconds before the crash, he can be heard on a panic call yelling, “Stop, stop, stop.”The plane struck the vehicle at a speed of about 39 kmph at 11:40 pm (local time), according to flight tracking website Flightradar24.🚨#UPDATE: Listen as you can hear panic as air traffic controllers try to divert everyone away from LaGuardia after a jet had collided with a fire truck numerous injuries and now Fatalities are being reported pic.twitter.com/sU7OjwB2ol— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) March 23, 2026The Tribune could not immediately verify the audio.The official is heard saying, “Truck 1 and company crossing 4.”The traffic controller then says, “Frontier 4195, just stop there, please”.”Stop, stop, stop, stop, Truck 1, stop, stop, stop. Stop, Truck 1, stop,” the controller can be heard shouting in panic.The crash then likely takes place just seconds later.The traffic controller asks “Delta 2603” to “go around”. “Jet 646. Jet 646, I see you collide with a vehicle. Hold position; I know you can’t move. The vehicle is responding to you now,” the controller was heard saying.Emergency crews work around a ground vehicle following a collision between the vehicle and an Air Canada Express jet at New York’s La Guardia Airport on Monday. ReutersAccording to reports, the truck was trying to cross the runway to get to a United Airlines flight — United 737 Max — which had declared an emergency on the ground.