Air Canada crash update:
Black boxes recovered. ATC after clearing a fire truck onto runway: “I messed up.”
Plane braked hard + reverse thrust — possibly a last-second attempt to avoid impact.
76 onboard. Pilots Antoine Forest and MacKenzie Gunther — both early in their careers — were killed.
Answers now in the data.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/livestory/air-canada-crash-la-guardia-airport-9.7138217 #press
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