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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Jasmine Fernández and Owen Scott

Tributes paid to pilots killed in LaGuardia crash as it’s revealed ‘miracle survivor’ was hurled 320ft across tarmac

The pilots who are being hailed as heroes by the passengers they saved when their Air Canada Express flight collided with a Port Authority fire truck at New York’s LaGuardia Airport on Sunday have been identified.

They were named as Antoine Forest and Mackenzie Gunther. Both the pilot and co-pilot were based in Canada, Port Authority Executive Director Kathryn Garcia told reporters.

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