Montreal airport sets up memorial for Air Canada pilots killed in LaGuardia crash - BERITAJA

Montreal’s airdrome authority has installed a memorial to 2 Air Canada pilots who died successful a runway collision astatine LaGuardia Airport past month.

The memorial astatine the Jacques-de-Lesseps level spotting parkland states that Antoine Forest and Mackenzie Gunther mislaid their lives while performing their duties and pursuing their passions.

Gunther, 24, and Forest, 30, died erstwhile their Air Canada level collided pinch a occurrence motortruck crossing the runway conscionable aft landing astatine the New York City airdrome connected March 22.

A preliminary National Transportation Safety Board study released this week recovered a surveillance strategy did not make an alert for aerial postulation controllers because crushed vehicles were not equipped pinch transponders.

It besides recovered that the motortruck usability reported proceeding the connection “stop” connected the power but did not cognize who the transmission was intended for.

Aéroports de Montréal spokesperson Émilie Chevrette says the parkland wherever the memorial now sits was wherever aviation enthusiasts gathered to laic flowers and different tributes aft the crash.

“ADM truthful decided to create this imperishable memorial to honour these 2 young men who died while performing their duties and pursuing their passion,” she said Saturday successful an email.