Federal investigators say one of only two air traffic controllers on duty at LaGuardia Airport cleared a fire truck to cross a runway just 12 seconds before an Air Canada flight touched down, leaving little time to avoid the collision that killed both pilots. The National Transportation Safety Board is working to determine which of the airport’s layers of safety precautions failed and allowed the fire truck onto the runway Sunday night. Among the areas being explored are whether the common practice of two controllers on duty overnight is enough and why a runway warning system didn’t alert the possibility of a crash. The plane carrying more than 70 people slammed into the fire truck, killing two pilots.

The pilots killed in a collision between a jetliner and a fire truck on a New York runway have been identified as Mackenzie Gunther and Antoine Forrest. Gunther and Forrest were operating an Air Canada jet that was landing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport when it collided with the fire truck Sunday. Officials still haven’t identified the two men publicly, but a relative who spoke to The Associated Press and a Canadian college confirmed their identities separately. Forest's great aunt told AP that he always wanted to be a pilot. And Toronto college Seneca Polytechnic said Gunther graduated from an honors aviation technology program in 2023 and will be deeply missed.

Officials say an oil refinery fire near the Texas coast has been put out and a shelter-in-place order has been lifted following air quality testing. The large explosion at the complex had shot plumes of smoke into the air. A Valero spokesperson says no one was injured and all employees are accounted for after Monday’s explosion at the company's refinery in Port Arthur. The explosion comes amid a spike in gas prices driven by uncertainty over the global oil supply because of the Iran war. Valero’s website says the refinery has about 770 employees and can process about 435,000 barrels of oil per day. The plant refines heavy sour crude oil into gasoline, diesel and jet fuel.

An Air Canada jet carrying more than 70 passengers collided with a fire truck while landing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, killing two pilots and injuring several others. Officials say the fire truck was crossing the tarmac late Sunday after being given permission to check on another plane reporting an odor onboard. Before the collision, an air traffic controller can be heard on airport communications frantically telling the fire truck to stop. The crash temporarily shut down LaGuardia — the New York region’s third busiest hub — during what was already a messy time at U.S. airports. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says LaGuardia is “well-staffed” but still faces a shortage of air traffic controllers.

The National Hockey League is morning the death of 37-year-old Minnesota Wild reporter Jessi Pierce and her three children from a weekend house fire. Firefighters in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, responded to 911 calls from neighbors who saw flames coming through the roof. An adult, three children and a dog were found dead inside the home. Pierce covered the Wild for NHL.com and was a prominent podcaster among several other roles she held in sports media. Pierce's husband and the father of their children ages 8, 6 and 4 was out of town on a work trip at the time.

Police in London are investigating a suspected antisemitic hate crime attack after four vehicles belonging to a Jewish ambulance service were set on fire. Though it has not been classified as a terrorist incident, counterterror officers have been put in charge of the investigation. No one was injured. The London Fire Brigade says ambulances belonging to Hatzola Northwest, a volunteer organization that provides emergency medical response, were damaged by the fire early Monday morning. Multiple oxygen cylinders on the vehicles exploded, causing windows to break in an adjacent apartment block.