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How the deadly LaGuardia Airport crash unfolded
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Two pilots have died after an Air Canada passenger plane collided with a firefighting truck at New York's LaGuardia Airport on Sunday night.

Video shows the aftermath of the collision on the airport's runway. At least 41 passengers were taken to hospital.

The airport - one of the busiest in the US - has reopened, though hundreds of flights were delayed or cancelled as a result of the collision.

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